1. A firm has a weighted average cost of capital of 10.295 percent and a cost of equity of 14.7 percent. The debt-equity ratio is 0.75. Tax rate is 32%. What is the firm's cost of debt?

a. 6.36 percent

b. 6.45 percent

c. 6.50 percent

d. 6.67 percent

e. 6.78 percent

2. Zeno Productions is comparing two separate capital structures. The first structure consists of 550,000 shares of stock and no debt. The second structure consists of 460,000 shares of stock and $10 million of debt. What is the price per share of equity? (Hint: Assume all of the debt will in the second structure was issued to repurchase a number of shares equal to the difference in the number of shares in the two structures.)

a. $108.40

b. $109.25

c. $110.75

d. $111.11

e. $112.87

3. Sabrina's just paid an annual dividend of $0.88 per share. This dividend is expected to increase by 4 percent annually. Currently, the firm has a beta of 0.87 and a stock price of $22.78 a share. What is the cost of equity capital for Sabrina's?

a. 7.97 percent

b. 8.02 percent

c. 8.13 percent

d. 8.26 percent

e. 8.38 percent

4. Brown Street Grocers has a cost of equity of 12.4 percent, a pre-tax cost of debt of 7.9 percent, and a tax rate of 35 percent. What is the firm's weighted average cost of capital if the debt-equity ratio is 0.45?

a. 9.94 percent

b. 10.08 percent

c. 10.15 percent

d. 10.23 percent

e. 10.38 percent