Calculate the after-tax cost of debt under each of the following cases: (a) the interest rate is 10 percent, and the tax rate is 40 percent; (b) the interest rate is 11 percent, and the tax rate is 50 percent? A. (a)10% and (b)4.5% B. (a)5% and (b)5.5% C. (a)12% and (b)6.5% D. (a)6% and (b)5.5% E. None of the above

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Calculate the after-tax cost of debt under each of the following cases: (a) the interest rate is 10 percent, and the tax rate is 40 percent; (b) the interest rate is 11 percent, and the tax rate is 50 percent? 


A. (a)10% and (b)4.5%
B. (a)5% and (b)5.5%
C. (a)12% and (b)6.5%
D. (a)6% and (b)5.5%
E. None of the above

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