The Wishing Well hotel chain has a short-term bank loan with a book value of $40 million and has issued bonds with a book value of $200 million. The bookvalue of the firm's equity (net worth) is equal to $400 million. The interest rate thefirm pays on the bank debt equals 8% and the yield on the bonds equals10%. Wishing Well has 10 million shares outstanding at a price of $90 per share. The current required return on equity is 18%. If we assume that themarginal tax rate for Wishing Well equals 35 %, what is Wishing Well's WACC?Motivate your approach and show your calculations.

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