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Sincere Stationery Corporation needs to raise $500,000 to improve its manufacturing plant. It has decided to issue a $1,000 par
a. Compute the market value of the bonds.
b. How many bonds will the firm have to issue to receive the needed funds?
c. What is the firm's after-tax cost of debt if the firm's tax rate is 34 percent?
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