Southern Alliance Company needs to raise $29 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 65 percent common stock, 11 percent preferred stock, and 24 percent debt. Flotation costs for issuing new common stock are 9 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.)

Possible Answers:

$31,128,600

$32,549,105

$27,163,333

$30,045,327

$31,297,216