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A company’s preferred stock is currently trading at $26.80.  The par value is $25 and dividend rate is 6%. If the company issued additional preferred stock they would incur a flotation cost of 5%.  Calculate the marginal cost of new preferred stock (rps). 

Laverne is visiting her best friend Shirley in Milwaukee.  Fun fact … Milwaukee derives from the Algonquin word “millioke”, meaning “the good land.”  Anywho … Shirley was recently diagnosed with metabolic syndrome and needs to monitor her blood glucose levels closely.  Being about the same age, Laverne becomes curious about her own blood sugar levels, so she tests herself with Shirley’s glucometer.  The meter indicates that Laverne’s blood glucose level is currently 120 mg/dL. Given this abnormal reading, describe the steps of the negative feedback loop that Laverne’s body will use to solve this problem and return her to homeostasis in the space below.  You may use any appropriate Effector that you prefer to tell this story.  Assume that Laverne has no metabolic diseases of her own and is perfectly healthy in all respects.  You may list the generic steps and give a brief description of each step, like this: 1) Stimulus – type your description 2) Sensor – type your description etc., etc., until you arrive at the desired Response Make sure to list all the generic steps of a feedback loop for this class AND describe the specific physiological details for each of those steps EXACTLY as if you were drawing a feedback loop diagram like we did during these last 4 labs.  Provide as much physiological detail as possible at each step (e.g., effector cells, receptor types, signal molecules, the step-by-step “action” that fixes the problem, etc.).

When the membrane of the sperm and egg fuse, the plasma membrane of egg cell will  _______.  This event quickly prevents other sperm cells from penetrating the oocyte.

A mining project has an initial cost of $900.  The expected cash flows for the following 5 years are given in the following table:   The project’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is 10%.  Calculate the modified internal rate of return.

As levels of this hormone increase in the blood, Na+ and water excretion will also increase. Type the best answer in the blank below

A company is considering the following 3 independent projects.     NPV and IRR are used to evaluate the projects.  What is your recommendation?  

Students were asked to evaluate two mutually exclusive, equally risky, and not repeatable projects, A and B. The cash flows for each project are shown on the timeline below. The financial analysis concluded that project B should be chosen over project A.  What must be true about the company’s WACC to justify making this decision? (Be brief but specific.)  

Oocytes and spermatocytes are called ______, because they only 23 chromosomes. Type the term that best completes this sentence into the blank below:

Imagine that a patient’s urine sample shows an abnormally low specific gravity, hematuria, and an abnormally high level of white blood cells. Select the BEST diagnosis that would explain ALL these signs from the choices below:

Consider a company with the following capital structure.  The bank note is not a recurring loan and will be paid off within the next 6 months.  Assume the firm is at its optimal capital structure and all financing costs (r) reflect the cost of raising new capital.  The tax rate is 30%. Calculate the weighted average cost of capital.