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A firm can issue a 15-year, $1,000 par
A) Calculate the firm's Cost of Debt, after Tax.
B) Calculate the firm's Cost of
C) Calculate the firm's Cost of new Common Stock.
D) A firm has the following component costs of capital:
Cost of Debt (after-tax): 10.5%
Cost of Retained Earnings: 15.0%
It's target capital structure is:
Debt 40%
Retained Earnings: 60%
Estimate the firm's Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)

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