City Rentals Has 44,000 Shares of Common Stock Outstanding at a Market

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City Rentals has 44,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a market price of $32 a share.The common stock just paid a $1.50 annual dividend and has a dividend growth rate of 2.5 percent.There are 7,500 shares of $9 preferred stock outstanding at a market price of $72 a share.The outstanding bonds mature in 11 years, have a total face value of $825,000, a face value per bond of $1,000, and a market price of $989 each, and a pretax yield to maturity of 8.3 percent.The tax rate is 35 percent.What is the firm's weighted average cost of capital?

A) 7.76 percent
B) 8.68 percent
C) 9.29 percent
D) 9.97 percent
E) 10.30 percent