XYZ Corp. is currently an all-equity firm that has 250,000 shares of stock outstanding with a marketprice of $15 a share. The current cost of equity is 12.5 percent and the tax rate is 35 percent. The firmis considering adding $1.45 million of debt with a coupon rate of 8 percent to its capital structure. Thedebt will be sold at par value.What is the levered value of the equity in dollars? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round onlythe final answer to two decimal places and enter it without the dollar symbol ($)).

Financial leverage is the practice of using borrowed funds (debt) to support the acquisition of…

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