Verano Inc. has two business divisions—a software product line and a waste water clean-up product line. The software business has a cost of equity capital of 10% and the waste water clean-up business has a cost of equity capital of 8%

Verano has 50% of its revenue from software and the rest from the waste water business. Verano is considering a purchase of another company in the waste water business using equity financing. What is the appropriate cost of capital to evaluate the business?
A) 10.0%
B) 8.0%
C) 9.0%
D) 11.0%

Answer: B

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