Blitz Industries has a debt equity ratio of 8 Its WACC is 8 7 percent, and its cost of debt is 6 1 percent The corporate tax rate is 24 percent a What is the companys cost of equity capital (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e g , 32 16 ) b What is the companys unlevered cost of equity capital (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e g , 32 16 ) c 1 What would the cost of equity be if the debt equity ratio were 2 (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e g , 32 16 ) c 2 What would the cost of equity be if the debt equity ratio were 1 0 (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e g , 32 16 ) c 3 What would the cost of equity be if the debt equity ratio were zero (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e g , 32 16 )

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Blitz Industries has a debt-equity ratio of .8. Its WACC is 8.7 percent, and its cost of debt is 6.1 percent. The corporate tax rate is 24 percent.

a.	What is the companys cost of equity capital? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
b.	What is the companys unlevered cost of equity capital? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
c-1.	What would the cost of equity be if the debt-equity ratio were 2? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
c-2.	What would the cost of equity be if the debt-equity ratio were 1.0? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
c-3.	What would the cost of equity be if the debt-equity ratio were zero? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)