A firm's current balance sheet is as follows: Assets $120 Debt $48 Equity $72 a. What is the firm's weighted average cost of capital at various combinations of debt and equity, given the following information? Round your answers to one decimal place. Debt/Assets After-Tax Cost of Cost of Cost of Debt Equity Capital 0% 6% 13% % 10 6 13 % 20 6 13 % 30 7 14 % 40 8 15 % 50 9 16 % 60 11 17 % b. Construct a pro forma balance sheet that indicates the firm's optimal capital structure. Choose the best structure from the options analyzed in part a. Compare this balance sheet with the firm's current balance sheet. Round your answers to the nearest dollar. Assets $120 Debt $ Equity $ What course of action should the firm take? Round your answer to the nearest whole number. Since the firm is currently using % debt financing, it ( -Select- $) at its optimal capital structure and -Select- c. As a firm initially substitutes debt for equity financing, what happens to the cost of capital? The cost of capital initially [ -Select- d. If a firm uses too much debt financing, why does the cost of capital rise? If a firm uses too much debt financing, the firm becomes ( -Select- A financially leveraged and riskier. This causes the interest rate -Select- A. -Select- and the cost of equity to ( -Select- These changes in the cost of debt and equity cause the cost of capital to