Multiple Choice
Wild Flowers Express has a debt-equity ratio of .60.The pretax cost of debt is 9 percent while the unlevered cost of capital is 14 percent.What is the cost of equity if the tax rate is 23 percent?
A) 7.52 percent
B) 8.78 percent
C) 16.31 percent
D) 16.83 percent
E) 17.30 percent
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