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You are a consultant who has been hired to evaluate a new product line for Markum Enterprises. The upfront investment required to launch the product line is $11 million. The product will generate free cash flow of $0.78 million the first year, and this free cash flow is expected to grow at a rate of 6% per year. Markum has an equity cost of capital of 10.9%, a debt cost of capital of 8.64%, and a tax rate of 40%. Markum maintains a debt-equity ratio of 0.50 a. What is the NPV of the new product line (including any tax shields from leverage)? b. How much debt will Markum initially take on as a result of launching this product line? c. How much of the product line's value is attributable to the present value of interest tax shields

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