Sunny Day Manufacturing Company is considering investing in a one-year project that requires an initial investment of $450,000. To do so, it will have to issue new common stock and will incur a flotation cost of 2.00%. At the end of the year, the project is expected to produce a cash inflow of $550,000. The rate of return that Sunny Day expects to earn on its project (net of its flotation costs) is: White Lion Homebuilders has a current stock price of $22.35 per share, and is expected to pay a per-share dividend of $2.03 at the end of next year. The company's earnings' and dividends' growth rate are expected to grow at the
constant rate of 8.70% into the foreseeable future. If White Lion expects to incur flotation costs of 5.00% of the value of its newly-raised equity funds, then the flotation-adjusted (net) cost of its new common stock (rounded to two decimal places) should be:

Sunny Day Manufacturing Company Co.'s addition to earnings for this year is expected to be $420,000. Its target capital structure consists of 50% debt, 5% preferred, and 45% equity. Determine Sunny Day Manufacturing Company's retained earnings breakpoint:

a. $840,000
b. $980,000
c. $933,333
d. $886,666