Vijay You work in the finance department of Brom, Inc. The firm currently has adebt-to-asset ratio of 35%. The firm's outstanding debt is a single bond issue.These securities have a face value of $1,000, mature in 14 years, bear 5%(annual) coupons, and are currently trading at 95.205% of par. The firm'scurrent beta is 0.65. It faces the statutory 21% marginal tax rate. The currentreturn on T-Bonds is 4% and the long-term market risk premium is 7%,therefore the firm's cost of equity financing is 8.55%.What is Brom, Inc.'s weighted-average-cost-of-capital? (Round your answer totwo decimal places, e.g. 4.75)Numeric Response

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