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Which of the following blood vessels carries oxygen rich blood directly into the capillary?  

A patient comes to the hospital, stating that he “feels sick”.  You perform a blood test that reveals an elevated white blood cell count.  The reports show the following white blood cell percentages: Basophils:                     1% Eosinophils:                  4% Neutrophils:                 52% Lymphocytes:              40% Monocytes:                  3% Based on these counts, which of the following most logically explains the patients complaint of feeling sick?

During which phase of the cardiac cycle does the electrical impulse sit at the AV node for a split second (AV delay)?

Erythropoesis is stimulated by which hormone, that is released when hypoxia occurs?

During the Common Final Pathway of coagulation, which substance causes the direct conversion of fibrinogen into insoluble fibrin fibers?

In regards to Rh, an Rh negative person will become Rh positive if they become exposed to Rh positive blood.

Janice purchased 300 shares of a company whose capital structure is 40 percent debt. The company announced that it will sell new shares of stock to pay off all of its debt (that is, become unlevered). The value of the shares is $55 per share before and after the restructuring. How can Janice use homemade leverage to replicate the company’s old capital structure? Ignore taxes in your analysis.

The 10-year loan for a project we are evaluating requires $425,000 in flotation costs. These costs can be straight-line amortized over the life of the loan. If our cost of debt is 9 percent and our tax rate is 25 percent, what is the NPV of the flotation costs?

Cobalt Corp. has an unlevered value of $40 million and their debt has a market value $15 million. Their tax rate is 25 percent. Ignoring agency costs, what is value of the firm’s bankruptcy costs at this level of debt if the actual market value of the company is $39.375 million? (Hint: start with the M&M Propositions)

Monetta, Inc, has no debt, but is considering borrowing for the first time to finance a three-year project. The company currently has an unlevered cost of capital of 18 percent and  a 30 percent tax rate. The project requires an initial investment of $1.8 million, which will be straight-line depreciated over the three-year project life. The project, which is as risky as the firm’s current projects, is expected to generate earnings before depreciation of $900,000 per year for the three years. The capital for the initial investment will be raised with a loan for the full amount. The loan’s interest rate is 7 percent (which is also the current risk-free rate) and the principal will be repaid in one balloon payment at the end of the third year. What is the APV of the loan?