Firm A, which is considering a vertical merger with another firm, Firm T, currently has a required return of 13 percent. The required return of the target firm, Firm T, is 18 percent. The expected return on the market is 12 percent and the risk-free rate is 6 percent. Assume the market is in equilibrium. If the combined firm will be one and one-half times as large as the acquiring firm using book values what will be the beta of the new merged firm?

step-by-step explanation:

here's what happens:

1) the graph of f   = x^2 is shifted 2 units to the right.

2) the resulting graph is reflected in the x-axis, so that the parabola now opens down.

3) this final result is transformed up by 5 units.

step-by-step explanation:

points a and b are equidistant from the desired line, so the line you find by using them will go through point r.

using points other than a and b will give the desired line only if they are equidistant from r. if they are randomly located, the perpendicular line you create will not necessarily go through point r, hence will not be a solution to the problem.

the second option

step-by-step explanation: