Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false. Support your answers with the relevant explanations. a) Under the conditions of perfect capital markets, the cost of capital of a company financed fully by equity is expected to be equal to that of the same company but financed with 50% equity and 50% debt.

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Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false. Support your answers
with the relevant explanations.

a) Under the conditions of perfect capital markets, the cost of capital of a company
financed fully by equity is expected to be equal to that of the same company but
financed with 50% equity and 50% debt. (Explain your reasoning.) 

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