ABC Inc. is currently an all$-$equity firm that has $70,000$ shares of stock outstanding and a share price of $$40$ a share. The tax rate is $35\%.$ The boss is considering adding $$1,000,000$ of debt with an $8\%$ to the capital structure. The debt will be sold at par value. What is the levered value of the equity after taking on the debt?

A$.$ $$2\mathrm{.}15$ million, B$.$ $$2\mathrm{.}8$ million, B$.$ $$3\mathrm{.}15$ million, C$.$ $$3\mathrm{.}7$ million,

or D$.$ $$3\mathrm{.}9$ million