The Following Financial Statement Data Pertains to Outside,Inc Required:
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question 40

Essay

The following financial statement data pertains to Outside,Inc.,a manufacturer of men's outerwear (dollar amounts in millions):
$\begin{array}{l}\begin{array} { l } \text { Total Assets } \\\text { Interest-Bearing Debt } \\\text { Average Pre-tax barraning } \\\text { Camman Equity: } \\\text { Badk Value } \\\text { Market Value } \\\text { Incame Tax Rate } \\\text { Market Equity Beta } \\\text { Market Premium } \\\text { Risk-Fe interest rate }\end{array}\begin{array} { r } \$ 145,782 \\\$ 30,659 \\9.25 \%\\\\\$ 22,515 \\\$ 60,843 \\42 \% \\0 .88 \\8.5\% \\2.4\%\end{array}\end{array}$
Required:
a.Calculate the company's cost of equity capital.
b.Calculate the weight on debt capital that should be used to determine Outside's weighted-average cost of capital.
c.Calculate the weight on equity capital that should be used to determine Outside's weighted-average cost of capital.
d.Calculate Outside's weighted-average cost of capital.

Understand the concept of cost pools and how they are used in overhead cost allocation.

Acknowledge the influence of cost assignments on management's pricing and product decisions.

Recognize the importance of accurately allocating overhead costs and the impact of different allocation methods on product cost accuracy.

Understand the steps involved in activity-based costing and its purpose in overhead cost allocation.

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