Ganado and Equity Risk Premiums. Maria Gonzalez, Ganado's ChiefFinancial Officer, estimates the risk-free rate to be 3.20%, the company'scredit risk premium is 4.50%, the domestic beta is estimated at 1.01, theinternational beta is estimated at 0.75, and the company's capital structureis now 40% debt. The before-tax cost of debt estimated by observing thecurrent yield on Ganado's outstanding bonds combined with bank debt is7.90% and the company's effective tax rate is 42%. Calculate both theCAPM and ICAPM weighted average costs of capital for the followingequity risk premium estimates.a. 8.70%b. 7.80%c. 6.00%d. 5.10%W

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