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Calculate the required rate of return for Mercury? Inc., assuming that the risk free rate of return is? 5%, the expected market return is 11? percent, Mercury has a beta of? 2.0, and? Mercury's realized rate of return has averaged 14 percent over the last 5 years. A. ?17% B. ?18% C. ?16% D. ?15%

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