Southern Alliance Company needs to raise $23 million to start a new project and will raise the money by selling new bonds. The company will generate no internal equity for the foreseeable future. The company has a target capital structure of 55 percent common stock, 10 percent preferred stock, and 35 percent debt. Flotation costs for issuing new common stock are 13 percent, for new preferred stock, 7 percent, and for new debt, 3 percent. What is the true initial cost figure Southern should use when evaluating its project? (Do not round your intermediate calculations.) Options: $24,237,102 $21,236,667 $26,256,860 $25,047,000 $25,246,981