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Alto music is a levered company providing musical instruments and supplies through its retail outlets. The company is considering expanding into art supplies. Since this is an entirely new venture, the company should a.) increase the project's initial cost by a factor of (1 + Company "Beta") to offset the increased risk b.) use the market beta when computing the project's discount rate c.) use the pure play approach to assign a discount rate to the project d.) use the company's cost of equity as the project's discount rate OR e.) use the current company beta when computing the required risk premium for the project