ABC, Inc. can buy a piece of equipment that is anticipated to provide an 11 percent return and can be financed at 9 percent with debt (assume ABC's corporate tax rate is 33.3%). Later in the year, the firm turns down an opportunity to buy a new machine that would yield a 10 percent return but would cost 15 percent to finance through common equity. Assume debt and common equity each represent 50 percent of the firms capital structure. Must show work. Please answer in text, not paper.

a. Compute the weighted average cost of capital.

b. Which project(s) should be accepted?