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Company A has calculated its WACC using the following assumptions: 90% equity funding, 10% debt funding, 4.0% risk free rate, a levered beta of 1.4, a 6% equity risk premium, a 7% average interest expense and a 25% tax rate. The CFO is considering a significant change in Company A’s capital structure. She is considering a shift to 50% equity funding, 50% debt funding (as the new, long term intended capital structure for Company A). Her bankers have told her that the new average interest rate for the debt would be 10%. What is the difference between the original WACC and the new WACC based on the CFO’s proposed plan?

Company B is expected to sell 100 units of its product at $20 per unit. If it sells 100 units, Company A’s COGS would be $300 (COGS is 75% fixed costs, 25% variable costs) and its SG&A would be $150 (SG&A is 100% fixed costs). Assume D&A is embedded within COGS and SG&A.  Also assume the following: Company A has $2,000 of debt with an interest rate of 6.0%, $1,000 of cash earning 3.0% interest income and a tax rate of 25.0%. What is the % change in Net Income if the interest rate on debt rises to 8% while the interest earned on cash falls to 2%?

Calculate Walmart, Inc. (NYSE: WMT)’s debt capacity as of 4/4/2025 assuming it needs to maintain a 2.0x total net leverage ratio (net debt divided by EBITDA). For your calculations, only use the information on the primary financial statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows). Do not go digging into the notes to the financial statements. EBITDA should be for the Fiscal Year ending January 31, 2025. Do not adjust EBITDA in any way. Finance leases are considered debt.  What is Walmart’s incremental debt capacity (i.e., additional debt it could raise) as of 4/4/2025?

Find Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: LYV)’s latest filing as of 10/28/2025. Assume you’ve already calculated their Equity Value to be $35,527MM (do not spend time confirming this). Calculate the net amount you would add to the Equity Value to arrive at Enterprise Value for the company. In making this calculation, only use the information on the balance sheet (i.e., do not go digging into the notes to the financial statements). What is the net amount to add to Equity Value to arrive at Enterprise Value? 

The nurse caring for a child with coarctation of the aorta is reviewing an ABG with the following results: pH 7.20, pO2 108, pCO2 21, HCO3 16 What is the best explanation for these results?

The nurse is talking to the mother of a two year old who has recently been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. The mother expresses concern that she has been advised to allow much higher blood glucose levels for her child than the levels that are acceptable for her grandmother who has Type 2 Diabetes. What is the nurse’s best response? 

When educating parents on the most common side effects of immunization the nurse should include the following information (select all that apply).

The nurse is to administer naloxone (Narcan) to an infant weighing 2.6 kg. The suggested dose is 0.1 mg per kg. The drug is supplied in a vial labeled 0.4 mg/ml. How many milliliters would the nurse administer?  (Use leading 0; Do not round up; Do not include unit of measurement) [BLANK-1]

Which of the following tests would be most useful for a volleyball player in the middle blocker position considering the sport specific performance requirements?

When DNA replicates, it makes a copy of itself so that one DNA becomes 2 DNA molecules.  DNA replication is described as _________