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In order for you to be indifferent between the after-tax returns on a corporate bond paying 9% and a tax-exempt municipal bond paying 7%, what would your tax bracket need to be?
A. Cannot be determined from the information given.
B. 17.6%
C. 27%
D. 19.8%
E. 22.2%
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