Lingenburger Cheese Corporation has $6\mathrm{.}5$ million shares of common stock outstanding, $230,000$ shares of $3\mathrm{.}8$ percent preferred stock

outstanding, par value of $$100$; and $115,000$ bonds with a semiannual coupon rate of $5\mathrm{.}5$ percent outstanding, par value $$1,000$ each.

The common stock currently sells for $$71$ per share and has a beta of $1\mathrm{.}05,$ the preferred stock has a par value of $$100$ and currently

sells for $$85$ per share, and the bonds have $19$ years to maturity and sell for $109$ percent of par. The market risk premium is $7\mathrm{.}3$ percent,

T$-$bills are yielding $3\mathrm{.}3$ percent, and the company's tax rate is $25$ percent.

a$.$ What is the firm's market value capital structure?

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to $4$ decimal places, e$.$g$.,\mathrm{.}1616.$

b$.$ If the company is evaluating a new investment project that has the same risk as the firm's typical project, what rate should the firm

use to discount the project's cash flows?

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations enter your answer as a percent rounded to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.,32\mathrm{.}16.$