Ziege Systems is considering the following independent projects for the coming year: Project A Required Investment Rate of Return Risk $4 million 13.25% High BCDEFGH 5 million 10.75 High 3 million 8.75 Low 2 million 8.50 Average 6 million 11.75 5 million 11.75 High Average 6 million 6.50 Н 3 million 10.50 Low Low If Ziege can only invest a total of $13 million, what would be the dollar size of its capital budget? Enter your answer in millions. For example, an answer of $10,550,000 should be entered as 10.55. Round your answer to two decimal places. $ million c. Suppose Ziege can raise additional funds beyond the $13 million, but each new increment (or partial increment) of $5 million of new capital will cause the WACC to increase by 1%. Assuming that Ziege uses the same method of risk adjustment, which projects should it now accept? Project A -Select- ✰ -Select- ◇ -Select- -Select- ✰ Project B Project C Project D Project E -Select- ✰ Project F -Select- ◊ Project G -Select- ◊ -Select- ✰ Project H What would be the dollar size of its capital budget? Enter your answer in millions. For example, an answer of $10,550,000 should be entered as 10.55. Round your answer to two decimal places. $ million

Ziege Systems is considering the following independent projects for the coming year: Project A Required Investment Rate of Return Risk $4 million 13.25% High BCDEFGH 5 million 10.75 High 3 million 8.75 Low 2 million 8.50 Average 6 million 11.75 5 million 11.75 High Average 6 million 6.50 Н 3 million 10.50 Low Low If Ziege can only invest a total of $13 million, what would be the dollar size of its capital budget? Enter your answer in millions. For example, an answer of $10,550,000 should be entered as 10.55. Round your answer to two decimal places. $ million c. Suppose Ziege can raise additional funds beyond the $13 million, but each new increment (or partial increment) of $5 million of new capital will cause the WACC to increase by 1%. Assuming that Ziege uses the same method of risk adjustment, which projects should it now accept? Project A -Select- ✰ -Select- ◇ -Select- -Select- ✰ Project B Project C Project D Project E -Select- ✰ Project F -Select- ◊ Project G -Select- ◊ -Select- ✰ Project H What would be the dollar size of its capital budget? Enter your answer in millions. For example, an answer of $10,550,000 should be entered as 10.55. Round your answer to two decimal places. $ million

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