Hankins, Inc., is considering a project that will result in initial aftertax cash savings of $4.3 million at the end of the first year, and these savings will grow at a rate of 1.9 percent per year indefinitely. The firm has a target debt-equity ratio of 40, a cost of equity of 10.8 percent, and an aftertax cost of debt of 3.2 percent. The cost saving proposal is somewhat riskier than the usual project the firm undertakes; management uses the subjective approach and applies an adjustment factor of +2 percent to the cost of capital for such risky projects. a. Calculate the discount rate for the project. (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 maximum cost the company would be willing to pay for this project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions, rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 1,234,567.89.) Answer is complete but not entirely correct. a. % Discount rate Maximum cost 10.63 49,255,441.01 b. $