Cookies 'n Cream, Incorporated, recently issued new securities to finance a new TVshow. The project cost $14.6 million, and the company paid $785,000 in flotation costs.In addition, the equity issued had a flotation cost of 7.6 percent of the amount raised,whereas the debt issued had a flotation cost of 3.6 percent of the amount raised. If thecompany issued new securities in the same proportion as its target capital structure,what is the company's target debt-equity ratio? (Do not round intermediate calculationsand round your answer to 4 decimal places, e.g., 32.1616.)Debt-equity ratio

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