Steel-Fab Manufacturing is a competitor of the Enduro Company (Exercise 17-17) in the structural-steel components market. Unlike Enduro, Steel-Fab is publicly held and is also financed in part by a bond issue. Accordingly, the company has adopted a 9 percent cutoff rate of return. Below the 9 percent level, the firm's utility curve steepens as the return moves farther away. Above the 9 percent level, the firm's utility grows at a slower rate because of the accompanying risk involved with higher rates of return. The utility for 15 percent is only slightly higher than for 14 percent. Steel-Fab is considering a $300,000 project. Plot the firm's utility curve

Steel-Fab Manufacturing is a competitor of the Enduro Company (Exercise 17-17) in the structural-steel components market. Unlike Enduro, Steel-Fab is publicly held and is also financed in part by a bond issue. Accordingly, the company has adopted a 9 percent cutoff rate of return. Below the 9 percent level, the firm's utility curve steepens as the return moves farther away. Above the 9 percent level, the firm's utility grows at a slower rate because of the accompanying risk involved with higher rates of return. The utility for 15 percent is only slightly higher than for 14 percent. Steel-Fab is considering a $300,000 project. Plot the firm's utility curve

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