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Transcribed Image Text:ABC Corp, has a market value of debt to equity ratio of 1.5 (ie, market value of debt to market value of equity ratio=1.5). Its book value of debt to equity ratio (book value of debt to book value of equity) is 0.5. The
firm's bonds have a low credit rating with an annual coupon rate of 8%. The current yield to maturity of its bonds is 11%. The company has an equity beta of 1.5 and a debt beta of 0.4.
Assume that the risk-free interest rate is 1% and expected market risk premium is 5% ABC Corp, faces a tax rate of 21%. Suppose its management is considering a project that has the same risk and same financing
mix as the firm. The cost of capital for the project is %
Instruction: Type ONLY your numerical answer in the unit of percentage % sign is already there. Thus, so don't input the % sign. Round to the nearest two decimal places. Eg, if your answer is 10.136%, then input
10.14
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