Problem:
Baker's Footwear has 8,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a price per share of $64 and a rate of return of 15 percent. The firm has 2,000 shares of 6 percent preferred stock outstanding at a price of $54 a share. The preferred stock has a par value of $100. The outstanding debt has a total face value of $100,000 and a market price equal to 102 percent of face value. The yield-to-maturity on the debt is 9.36 percent.
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Question: What is the firm's weighted average cost of capital if the tax rate is 35 percent?
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