Wags Dog Emporium is considering a project that requires an initial investment of $280,000. Wags maintains a debt-equity ratio of 0.55, has a flotation cost of debt of 7.5 percent and a flotation cost of equity of 10.5 percent. The firm has sufficient internally generated equity to cover the equity portion of this project and will not issue additional equity. What is the initial cost of the project including the flotation costs? Group of answer choices $263,983 $272,552 $279,592 $287,652 $311,762

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Wags Dog Emporium is considering a project that requires an initial investment of $280,000. Wags maintains a debt-equity ratio of 0.55, has a flotation cost of debt of 7.5 percent and a flotation cost of equity of 10.5 percent. The firm has sufficient internally generated equity to cover the equity portion of this project and will not issue additional equity. What is the initial cost of the project including the flotation costs?
 
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$263,983
$272,552
$279,592
$287,652
$311,762
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