Problem 13-6 (algorithmic) Question Help WestGas Conveyance, Inc. WestGas Conveyance, Inc. is a large U.S. natural gas pipeline company that wants to raise $120 million to finance expansion. WestGas wants a capital structure that is 50% debt and 50% equity, Its corporate combined federal and state income tax rate is 40%. WestGas finds that it can finance in the domestic U.S. capital market at the rates listed in the popup window: I Both debt and equity would have to be sold in multiples of $20 million, and these cost figures show the component costs, each of debt and equity if raised 50% by debt and 50% by equity. A London bank advises WestGas that U.S. dollars could be raised in Europe at the following costs, also in multiples of $20 million, while maintaining the 50/50 capital structure. Each increment of cost would be influenced by the total amount of capital raised. That is, if WestGas first borrowed $20 million in the European market at 7% and matched this with an additional $20 million of equity, additional debt beyond this amount would cost 13% in the United States and 12% in Europe. The same relationship holds for equity financing a. Calculate the lowest average cost of capital for each increment of $40 million of new capital, where WestGas raises $20 million in the equity market and an additional $20 in the debt market at the same time. b. I WestGas plans an expansion of only $60 million, how should that expansion be financed? c. What will be the weighted average post of capital for the expansion? a. If WestGas plans an expansion of $120 million, what is the lowest average cost of capital for the first $40 million of new capital? o. If Data Table Whi . (Click on the icon to import the table into a spreadsheet.) Costs of Raising Capital in the Cost of Cost of Cost of Market Domestic Equity Domestic Debt European Equity Up to $40 million of new capital 12% 9% 14% $41 million to $80 million of new 18% 13% 16% capital Above $80 million 22% 17% 23% Cost of European Debt 7% 12% 18% Print Done