Suppose that finanstagram has a capital structure of 30 percent equity, 70 percent debt, and that its before-tax cost of debt is 9 percent while finanstagram has a beta of 1.72. assume the appropriate tax rate is 30 percent. if the market return is expected to be 10.70 percent and the risk-free rate is 3.20 percent, what will be finanstagram’s wacc?

Robert black, regional manager for ford in texas and oklahoma, faced a dilemma. the ford f-150 pickup truck was the best-selling pickup ever, yet ford's headquarters in detroit had decided to introduce a completely redesigned f-150. how could mr. black sell both trucks at the same time? he still had "old" f-150s in stock. in his advertising, mr. black referred to the new f-150s as follows: "not a better f-150. just the only truck good enough to be the next f-150." this statement represents ford's of the new f-150.