Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 9th edition (Exclude Access Card)
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ISBN: 9781260149586
Author: Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers, Alan Marcus
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13, Problem 20QP
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To compute: The cost of debt percentage.
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