Finding the Target Capital Structure [LO3] Fama's Llamas has a weighted average cost of capital of 8.9 percent. The company's cost of equity is 12 percent, and its pretax cost of debt is 7.9 percent. The tax rate is 35 percent. What is the company's target debt-equity ratio?

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Finding the Target Capital Structure [LO3] Fama's Llamas has a weighted
average cost of capital of 8.9 percent. The company's cost of equity is 12 percent,
and its pretax cost of debt is 7.9 percent. The tax rate is 35 percent. What is the
company's target debt-equity ratio?
Transcribed Image Text:Finding the Target Capital Structure [LO3] Fama's Llamas has a weighted average cost of capital of 8.9 percent. The company's cost of equity is 12 percent, and its pretax cost of debt is 7.9 percent. The tax rate is 35 percent. What is the company's target debt-equity ratio?
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8.9= 12X+5.135-5.135X

X= (3.765/6.875)= .547635.

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12X-5.135X should be 6.865

So X= (3.765/6.865) ?

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