Coxx, Inc., has a debt-value ratio of 0.75. The firm's weighted average cost of capital is 12 percent, and its current cost of equity is 18 percent. Coxx has no preferred stocks in its capital structure. The tax rate is 40 percent. What is the company's before-tax cost of debt? A.11% B. 10% C. 16.67% D. 13.1%

Coxx, Inc., has a debt-value ratio of 0.75. The firm's weighted average cost of capital is 12 percent, and its current cost of equity is 18 percent. Coxx has no preferred stocks in its capital structure. The tax rate is 40 percent. What is the company's before-tax cost of debt? A.11% B. 10% C. 16.67% D. 13.1%

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