Mammoth Inc. is acquiring Snail Ltd. Mammoth's share price is $50 and Snail's share price is $10. Both firms have 1 million shares outstanding. Mammoth expects a discounted synergistic value of $5 million from the merging of operations of the two firms. If Mammoth pays cash of $11.5 million to Snail's shareholders, what is the value of the merged firm?   $68.5 million   $65.0 million   $60.0 million   $63.5 million

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Mammoth Inc. is acquiring Snail Ltd. Mammoth's share price is $50 and Snail's share price is $10. Both firms have 1 million shares outstanding. Mammoth expects a discounted synergistic value of $5 million from the merging of operations of the two firms. If Mammoth pays cash of $11.5 million to Snail's shareholders, what is the value of the merged firm?

 

$68.5 million

 

$65.0 million

 

$60.0 million

 

$63.5 million

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