A check-processing center uses exponential smoothing to forecast the number of incoming checks each month. the number of checks received in june was 38 million, while the forecast was 43 million. a smoothing constant of 0.20 is used. a) using exponential smoothing and given alpha, the forecast for the month of july = nothing million checks received (round your response to one decimal place). b) if the check-processing center received 44 million checks in the month of july, then using exponential smoothing and given alpha, the forecast for the month of august = nothing million checks received (round your response to one decimal place). c) exponential smoothing may not be an appropriate method to use for the check-processing center because: a. the check-processing center should observe an increasing trend in its processing requirements. b. the check-processing center should observe seasonality in its processing requirements. c. the check-processing center's forecast is very hard to make as its processing requirements should have a very high variability. d. the check-processing center should observe a cyclical trend in its processing requirements.

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Calculate the cost of each capital component—in other words, the after-tax cost of debt, the cost of preferred stock (including flotation costs), and the cost of equity (ignoring flotation costs). use both the capm method and the dividend growth approach to find the cost of equity.calculate the cost of new stock using the dividend growth approach.what is the cost of new common stock based on the capm? (hint: find the difference between re and rs as determined by the dividend growth approach and then add that difference to the capm value for rs.)assuming that gao will not issue new equity and will continue to use the same target capital structure, what is the company’s wacc? e. suppose gao is evaluating three projects with the following characteristics.each project has a cost of $1 million. they will all be financed using the target mix of long-term debt, preferred stock, and common equity. the cost of the common equity for each project should be based on the beta estimated for the project. all equity will come from reinvested earnings.equity invested in project a would have a beta of 0.5 and an expected return of 9.0%.equity invested in project b would have a beta of 1.0 and an expected return of 10.0%.equity invested in project c would have a beta of 2.0 and an expected return of 11.0%.analyze the company’s situation, and explain why each project should be accepted or rejected g

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