An analyst has collected the following information regarding Christopher Co$.$:

$$ The company's capital structure is $70$ percent equity and $30$ percent debt.

$$ The yield to maturity on the company's bonds is $9$ percent.

$$ The company's year$-$end dividend is forecasted to be $$0\mathrm{.}80$ a share.

$$ The company expects that its dividend will grow at a constant rate of $9$ percent a year.

$$ The company's stock price is $$25.$

$$ The company's tax rate is $40$ percent.

$$ The company anticipates that it will need to raise new common stock this year. Its investments bankers anticipate that the total flotation costs will equal $10$ percent of the amount issued.

Assume the company accounts for flotation costs by adjusting the cost of capital. Given this information, calculate the company$$s WACC:

a$.10\mathrm{.}41\%$

b$.12\mathrm{.}56\%$

c$.10\mathrm{.}78\%$

d$.13\mathrm{.}55\%$

e$.9\mathrm{.}29\%$