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1. FarCry Industries, a maker of telecommunications equipment, has 6 million sha

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FarCry Industries, a maker of telecommunications equipment, has 6 million shares of common stock outstanding, 4 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 45,000 bonds. Suppose the common shares are selling for $28 per share, the preferred shares are selling for $15.00 per share, and the bonds are selling for 99 percent of par.

What weight should you use for debt in the computation of FarCry’s WACC?

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FarCry Industries, a maker of telecommunications equipment, has 3 million shares of common stock outstanding, 1 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 10,000 bonds. Suppose the common shares sell for $25 per share, the preferred shares sell for $13.50 per share, and the bonds sell for 97 percent of par.

What weight should you use for preferred stock in the computation of FarCry’s WACC?

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Suppose that TapDance, Inc.’s, capital structure features 70 percent equity, 30 percent debt, and that its before-tax cost of debt is 9 percent, while its cost of equity is 14 percent. Assume the appropriate weighted average tax rate is 34 percent.

What will be TapDance’s WACC? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

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Weight of debt Market Value($) Weights Common Stock        168,000,000 61.64 Preferred Stock          60,000,000 22.01 Debt          44,550,000 16.35 Total        272,550,000