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Given the following information, what must be the risk-free rate, if markets are properly priced? Company...

Given the following information, what must be the risk-free rate, if markets are properly priced? Company C's expected return is 19.75%, the market's expected return is 10.55%, and company C's beta is 1.97?

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expected return=risk free rate+beta*(market rate-risk free rate)

19.75=risk free rate+1.97*(10.55-risk free rate)

19.75=risk free rate+20.7835-1.97risk free rate

risk free rate=(20.7835-19.75)/(1.97-1)

=1.07(Approx).

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