Problem 16-12 Calculating WACC [LO1]Solar Industries has a debt-equity ratio of 1.5. Its WACC is 7.7 percent, and its cost of debtis 5.4 percent. The corporate tax rate is 25 percent.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.а.What is the company's unlevered cost of equity capital? (Do not roundintermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)c-1. What would the cost of equity be if the debt-equity ratio were 2? (Do not roundintermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)c-2. What would the cost of equity be if the debt-equity ratio were 1? (Do not roundintermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)c-3. What would the cost of equity be if the debt-equity ratio were zero? (Do not roundintermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)a. Cost of equityb. Unlevered cost of equity%%c-1. Cost of equityc-2. Cost of equity%c-3. Cost of equity%

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