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The discount rate used to calculate the net present value of a capital budgeting project should be: a. The risk-free rate. b. The weighted average cost of capital. c. LIBOR. d. The internal rate of return.

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B

Step-by-step explanation:

Capital budgeting is the determination of the profitability of proposed investments

One of the capital budgeting methods is the net present value

Net present value is the present value of after-tax cash flows from an investment less the amount invested.

the Weighted cost of capital is used to determine NPV

WACC = weight of equity x cost of equity + weight of debt x cost of debt x (1 - tax rate)

It is the minimum rate of return a company expects from a project

Internal rate of return is the discount rate that equates the after-tax cash flows from an investment to the amount invested. It is a captial budgeting method

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