Avery Corporation's Target Capital Structure Is 35% Debt,10% Preferred,and 55

Multiple Choice

Avery Corporation's target capital structure is 35% debt,10% preferred,and 55% common equity.The interest rate on new debt is 6.50%,the yield on the preferred is 6.00%,the cost of common from reinvested earnings is 11.25%,and the tax rate is 40%.The firm will not be issuing any new common stock.What is Avery's WACC?

A) 8.15%
B) 8.48%
C) 8.82%
D) 9.17%
E) 9.54%