Luxury Production Materials (LPM) generated the following information for its capital budgeting manager:                                                                                                                                            Capital Structure                                  Project               Cost                  IRR                                                   Type of Capital              Proportion                 D                $70,000               18.0%                                                 Debt                   

                60.0%                 E                  65,000               15.0                                                     Common equity                  40.0                 F                  75,000               14.0                                                   G                  72,000               12.0 LPM's weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is 13 percent if the firm does not have to issue new common equity; if new common equity is needed, its WACC is 16 percent. If LPM expects to generate $80,000 in retained earnings this year, which project(s) should be purchased? Assume that the projects are independent and indivisible.

A. Only Project D should be purchased.
B. Projects D and E should be purchased.
C. Projects D, E, and F should be purchased.
D. All of the projects should be purchased.
E. None of the projects should be purchased.


Answer: B

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