S14-07 Calculating Cost of Debt [LO2] Jiminys Cricket Farm issued a 30-year, 6 percent semiannual bond three years ago. The bond currently sells for 93 percent of its face value. The companys tax rate is 22 percent.

a. What is the pretax cost of debt? (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 aftertax cost of debt? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

c. Which is more relevant, the pretax or the aftertax cost of debt? multiple choice Aftertax cost of debt Pretax cost of debt