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Richard works for a firm that is expanding into a completely new line of business.He has been asked to determine an appropriate WACC for an average-risk project in the expansion division.Richard finds two publicly traded stand-alone firms that produce the same products as his new division.The average of the two firms' betas is 1.25.Further,he determines that the expected return on the market portfolio is 13.00% and the risk-free rate of return is 4.00%.Richard's firm finances 50% of its projects with equity and 50% with debt,and has a before-tax cost of debt of 9% and a corporate tax rate of 30%.What is the WACC for the new line of business?

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Wagner Act

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