Dickson, Inc., has a debt-equity ratio of 2.3. The firm's weighted average cost of capital is11 percent and its pretax cost of debt is 8 percent. The tax rate is 23 percent.a. What is the company's cost of equity capital? (Do not round intermediatecalculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g.,32.16.)b. What is the company's unlevered cost of equity capital? (Do not round intermediatecalculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g.,32.16.)c. What would the company's weighted average cost of capital be if the company's debt-equity ratio were .80 and 1.30? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enteryour answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)a.Cost of equityb.Unlevered cost of equityC.WACC if debt-equity ratio = 0.80WACC if debt-equity ratio = 1.30%%%%do do do do

To calculate the cost of equity (Ke), we can use the formula:Ke = Kd*(1 - T) * (D/E) + Ks *…

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