Question

Columbia Gas Company's (CG) current capital structure is 35% debt and 65% equity. This year CG has earnings after tax of $5.31 million and is paying $1.6 million in dividends. To finance a transmission pipe line, CG can borrow $2 million at a cost of 10%, the same rate that CG is currently paying on a total of $15 million long-term debt. CG has 1,000,000 shares outstanding, and its current market price is $31. If CG's long-term growth rate of dividends is expected to be 8%, what is the weighted cost of capital for the firm? Assume a marginal tax rate of 40%.​

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