Filer Manufacturing has 11 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $68, and

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Filer Manufacturing has 11 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $68, and the book value per share is $6. Filer Manufacturing also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $70 million, has a 7 percent coupon, and sells for 93 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $55 million, has an 8 percent coupon, and sells for 104 percent of par. The first issue matures in 21 years, the second in 6 years.

a. What are Filer's capital structure weights on a book value basis?

b. What are Filer's capital structure weights on a market value basis?

c. Which are more relevant, the book or market value weights? Why?

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