document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1149513>Question 1149513</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Bartlett Company's target capital structure is 40% debt, 15% preferred, and 45% common equity. The after-tax cost of debt is 6.00%, the cost of preferred is 7.50%, and the cost of common using reinvested earnings is 12.75%. The firm will not be issuing any new stock. You were hired as a consultant to help determine their cost of capital. What is its WACC?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. 9.54% \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. 8.98% \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c. 10.12% \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d. 9.26% \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "e. 9.83% \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is the area of Math problems and there is the area of Finance problems.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is some intersection of these two areas.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Even if the problem is in intersection area, we still can help.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But THIS problem is strictly in the Finance area, highly specialized.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In this area we CAN NOT help at this forum.\r<BR>\n" );
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