Firm C currently has 250,000 shares outstanding with current market value of $42.00 per share and generates an annual EBIT of $1,250,000. Firm C also has $1 million of debt outstanding. The current cost of equity is 8 percent and the current cost of debt is 5 percent. The firm is considering issuing another $2 million of debt and using the proceeds of the debt issue to repurchase shares (a pure capital structure change). It is estimated that the cost of the new debt will be 5.5 percent and that the cost of equity will rise to 8.48 percent with the additional debt. The marginal tax rate is 30 percent.

a. Before capitalization, what is the firms weighted average cost of capital? Answer in decimal form

b. What will the firms market value be after the announcement of the new debt issue?