Lingenburger Cheese Corporation has 7.7 million shares of common stock outstanding, 285,000 shares of 4.4 percent preferred stock outstanding, and 170,000 bonds with a semiannual coupon rate of 6.1 percent outstanding, par value $2,000 each. The common stock currently sells for $60 per share and has a beta of 1.20, the preferred stock has a par value of $100 and currently sells for $96 per share, and the bonds have 15 years to maturity and sell for 104 percent of par. The market risk premium is 6.9 percent, T-bills are yielding 3.6 percent, and the companys tax rate is 21 percent.

Lingenburger Cheese Corporation has 7.7 million shares of common stock outstanding, 285,000 shares of 4.4 percent preferred stock outstanding, and 170,000 bonds with a semiannual coupon rate of 6.1 percent outstanding, par value $2,000 each. The common stock currently sells for $60 per share and has a beta of 1.20, the preferred stock has a par value of $100 and currently sells for $96 per share, and the bonds have 15 years to maturity and sell for 104 percent of par. The market risk premium is 6.9 percent, T-bills are yielding 3.6 percent, and the companys tax rate is 21 percent.

a.	What is the firms market value capital structure? Debt? Preferred stock?
b.	If the company is evaluating a new investment project that has the same risk as the firms typical project, what rate should the firm use to discount the projects cash flows? Equity? Discount rate?