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The Outlet Mall has a cost of equity of 12.9 percent, a pretax cost of debt of 6.5 percent, and a return on assets of 11.3 percent. Ignore taxes. What is the debt-equity ratio?
0.42
0.33
3.00
2.54
0.39
weight of equity = w
weight of debt = 1 - w
weight of equity * Cost of equity + weight of debt * Cost of debt = return on assets
w * 12.90% + (1 - w) * 6.50% = 11.30%
w * 12.90% + 6.50% - w * 6.50% = 11.30%
6.40% * w = 4.80%
w =weight of equity = 75%
1 - w = weight of debt = 25%
Thus DE ratio = weight of debt / weight of equity = 0.25 / 0.75 = 0.33 Option B