A company has $15,000$ bonds outstanding with a face value of $$1,000$ per bond. The bonds carry a $6\%$ coupon, pay interest annually, and mat bonds are selling at $98\%$ of par. The company's tax rate is $35\%.$ What should be the company's after$-$tax cost of debt?

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