2. Strider Publishing Company, an allequity firm, expects perpetual earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of $2.5 million per year. Strider's after-tax, all-equity discount rate is 20 percent. The rm is subject to a 34 percent corporate tax rate. (a). What is the value of Strider Publishing? (b). If Strider issues $600 .000 of debt and uses the proceeds to repurchase stock, what will the value of the firm be? (c). Explain any difference in your answers to (a) and (b). (d). What assumptions are you making when valuing Strider