A Corp. is currently an all-equity firm that has 22,000 shares of stock outstanding with a market price of $27 a share. The current cost of equity is 12 percent, and the tax rate is 35 percent. The firm is considering adding $225,000 of debt with a coupon rate of 6.25 percent to its capital structure. The debt will sell at par. What will be the levered value of the equity? Briefly discuss the concept of leverage to a company.