Crosby Industries has a debt-equity ratio of 1.5. Its WACC is 8.5 percent, and its cost of debt is 6 percent. There is no corporate tax.

Requirement 1: What is Crosby’s cost of equity capital? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

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Requirement 2: (a) What would the cost of equity be if the debt-equity ratio were 2.0? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

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(b) What would the cost of equity be if the debt-equity ratio were 0.5? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

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(c) What would the cost of equity be if the debt-equity ratio were zero? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

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