Deep Mines has 14 million shares of common stock outstanding with a beta of 1.15 and a market price of $42 a share. There are 900,000 shares of 9% preferred stock outstanding valued at $80 a share. The 10% semiannual bonds have a face value of $1,000 and are selling at 91% of par. There are 220,000 bonds outstanding that mature in 17 years. The market risk premium is 11.5%, T-bills are yielding 7.5%, and the firm's tax rate is 32%. What rate should the firm apply to project cash flows if the risk is the same as the firm's in decimal form (round to the nearest thousandth)?

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Deep Mines has 14 million shares of common stock outstanding with a beta of 1.15 and a market price of $42 a share. There are 900,000 shares of 9% preferred stock outstanding valued at $80 a share. The 10% semiannual bonds have a face value of $1,000 and are selling at 91% of par. There are 220,000 bonds outstanding that mature in 17 years. The market risk premium is 11.5%, T-bills are yielding 7.5%, and the firm's tax rate is 32%. What rate should the firm apply to project cash flows if the risk is the same as the firm's in decimal form (round to the nearest thousandth)?

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