Problem 16-12 Calculating WACC [LO1]

Blitz Industries has a debt-equity ratio of 1.5. Its WACC is 7.7 percent, and its cost of debt is 5.4 percent. The corporate tax rate is 25 percent.

a.	What is the companys cost of equity capital? (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 companys unlevered cost of equity capital? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
c-1.	What would the cost of equity be if the debt-equity ratio were 2? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
c-2.	What would the cost of equity be if the debt-equity ratio were 1.0? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
c-3.	What would the cost of equity be if the debt-equity ratio were zero? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

a.	Cost of equity		%
b.	Unlevered cost of equity		%
c-1.	Cost of equity		%
c-2.	Cost of equity		%
c-3.	Cost of equity		%