5) A 10-year municipal bond yields 4.8%. Your marginal tax rate (including state and federal taxes) is 27%. What interest rate on a 10-year corporate bond of equal risk would provide you with the same after-tax return? a. 3.50% b. 6.25% c. 6.58% d. 6.90%

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A bond issued by the State of Pennsylvania provides a 5.75% yield. What yield on a Synthetic Chemical Company bond would cause the two bonds to provide the same after-tax rate of return to an investor in the 35.00% tax bracket? (Round your final answer to two decimal places.) O a. 3.74% O b. 7.76% O c. 8.85% O d. 4.26% O e. 16.43%

Assume you are in the 32 percent tax bracket and purchase a 3.26 percent, tax-exempt municipal bond. Calculate the taxable equivalent yield for this investment using the formula: Taxable equivalent yield = Tax-exempt return + (1 - Your tax rate) ÷ Note: Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Taxable equivalent yield %