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E. $3.44 10. Shares of Hot Donuts common stock are currently selling for $32.35. The last annual dividend paid was $1.5 per share and the market rate of return is 12 percent. At what rate is the dividend growing? A. 4.71 percent B. 5.13 percent C. 6.61 percent D. 7.04 percent E. 8.64 percent 11. Combined Communications is a new firm in a rapidly growing industry The company is planning on increasing its annual dividend by 15 percent a year for the next 4 years and then decreasing the growth rate to 3.5 percent per year. The company just paid its annual dividend in the amount of $0.30 per share. What is the current value of one share of this stock if the required rate of return is 16 percent? A. $3.57 B. $3.12 C. $3.67 D. $3.24 E. $3.32 12. Diets For You announced today that it will begin paying annual divi- dends next vear. The first dividend will be $0.12 a share. The following dividends will be $0.15. $0.20. $0.50 and $0.80 a share annually for the following 4 years, respectively. After that, dividends are projected to in crease by 6 percent per vear. How much are you willing to pay to buy one share of this stock today if your desired rate of return is 8.5 percent? A. $22.08 B. $22.57 C. $20.90

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10) Ke 0.12 0.12-g 3.882-32.35g (3.882-1.5) 2.382 (2.382/33.85) 0.070369276 7.04% (DO*(1+g)/P0)+g (1.5*(1+g)/32.35)+g (1.5*(1+g)/32.35) 1.5+1.5g 1.5g+32.35g 33.85g Dividend at last current price market retrurn growth rate bo bobo Answer:D