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If beta is given for the company and not the division's how would you calculate the divisional beta for each division? For example,

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Company Data
Common Stock:
Current Price of Common Stock		$92.86
Beta		1.13
Common Stock Dividend, recently paid		$1.00
Earnings per share, recent		$6.25
ROE		4.725%
Company risk premium		2.0%
Debt:
Pre-tax cost of debt		3.36%
Tax rate		26%
Capital Structure:
Target capital structure for common stock		75%
Target capital structure for debt		25%
Market Data
90-day Treasury Bill Rate		0.35%
10-year Treasury Bond Rate		1.92%
Expected Market Dividend		$61
Current Market Index Value		$4,287
Expected long-term US GDP growth rate		3.6%
2. Estimate GE's divisional cost of equity and divisional cost of capital
Division	Weight (measured as % of GE's total Sales)	Divisional Beta	Divisional Cost of Equity	Divisional Cost of Capital
Healthcare	45%
Aviation	44%
Power Generation	11%

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