Assume ford motor company is discussing new ways to recapitalize the firm and raise additional capital. its current capital structure has a 25% weight in equity, 10% in preferred stock, and 65% in debt. the cost of equity capital is 13%, the cost of preferred stock is 9%, and the pretax cost of debt is 8%. what is the weighted average cost of capital for ford if its marginal tax rate is 40%?

a) 8.36 %
b) 8.00 %
c) 6.91%
d) 7.27%

What is one counter argument to the premise that the wealth gap is a serious problem which needs to be addressed?

1. what is the amount of interest earned after two years on a $100 deposit paying 4 percent simple interest annually? $8.00 $4.08 $8.16 $4.00 2. what is the amount of compound interest earned after three years on a $100 deposit paying 8 percent interest annually? $24.00 $8.00 $16.64 $25.97 3. a business just took out a loan for $100,000 at 10% interest. if the business pays the loan off in three months, how much did the business pay in interest? $2,500.00 $10.00 $250.00 $10,000.00 4. what is the annual percentage yield (apy) for a deposit paying 5 percent interest with monthly compounding? 5.00% 5.12% 79.59% 0.42%

Which of the following would cause a shift to the right of the supply curve for gasoline? i. a large increase in the price of public transportation. ii. a large decrease in the price of automobiles. iii. a large reduction in the costs of producing gasoline