Avery Corporation's target capital structure is 35% debt, 10% preferred, and 55% common equity. The interest rate on new debt is 6.50%, the yield on the preferred is 6.00%, the cost of common from reinvested earnings is 11.25%, and the tax rate is 25%. The firm will not be issuing any new common stock. What is Avery's WACC?   a. 9.94%     b. 8.49%     c. 9.55%     d. 9.19%     e. 8.83%

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Avery Corporation's target capital structure is 35% debt, 10% preferred, and 55% common equity. The interest rate on new debt is 6.50%, the yield on the preferred is 6.00%, the cost of common from reinvested earnings is 11.25%, and the tax rate is 25%. The firm will not be issuing any new common stock. What is Avery's WACC?
  a. 9.94%  
  b. 8.49%  
  c. 9.55%  
  d. 9.19%  
  e. 8.83%
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