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Ursala, Incorporated, has a target debt-equity ratio of 65. Its WACC is 9.3 percent, and the tax rate is 22 percent.
a. If the company's cost of equity is 11 percent, what is its pretax cost of debt?
Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.
b. If instead you know that the aftertax cost of debt is 5.8 percent, what is the cost of equity?
Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.
a. Cost of debt
b. Cost of equity
41.15%
9.95 %
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Transcribed Image Text:Ursala, Incorporated, has a target debt-equity ratio of 65. Its WACC is 9.3 percent, and the tax rate is 22 percent. a. If the company's cost of equity is 11 percent, what is its pretax cost of debt? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. b. If instead you know that the aftertax cost of debt is 5.8 percent, what is the cost of equity? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. a. Cost of debt b. Cost of equity 41.15% 9.95 %
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