Sentry manufacturing paid a dividend yesterday of$5 per share (do = $4). the dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 8% per year. the price of sentry manufacturing's stock today is $29 per share. if sentry manufacturing decides to issue new common stock, flotation costs will equal $2.50 per share. sentry manufacturing's marginal tax rate is 35%. based on the above information, the cost of retained earnings isa. 24.12%b. 31.4%c. 28.38%d. 26.62%

Six years ago, an 80-kw diesel electric set cost $160,000. the cost index for this class of equipment six years ago was 187 and is now 194. the cost-capacity factor is 0.6. the plant engineering staff is considering a 120-kw unit of the same general design to power a small isolated plant. assume we want to add a precompressor, which (when isolated and estimated separately) currently costs $13291. determine the total cost of the 120-kw unit. (hint: skip $ and comma symbols)