Consider JE Sport, which is currently all-equity financed and has a beta of 1. The firm has decided to lever up to a capital structure of Debt to Equity ratio of 1/4. What is the new beta of its equity? a. 1.4 b. 1.25 c. 1.2 d. None of the options
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