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You find the following information for a company: A corporation has 8,000 bonds outstanding with a 12% annual coupon rate (paying semi-annually), 8 years to maturity, a $1,000 face value, and a $1,250 market price. The company’s 600,000 shares of common stock sell for $25 per share and have a beta of 2. The risk free rate is 1%, and the market risk premium is 7%. a) What is the cost of Debt (RD)? b) What is the cost of Equity (RE)? c) What is the capital structure weight of equity (wE)? d) What is the capital structure weight of debt (wD)? e) What is the WACC for this firm, if the corporate tax rate is 40%?