Suppose you are trying to estimate the cost of equity for a firm as part of the calculation of the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC). If the risk-free rate is 4.4%, the expected market risk premium is 5.5%, and the beta is 1.7 for this firm's equity, what would be the expected cost of equity for this firm using CAPM? (Answer to the nearest tenth of a percent, but do not use a percent sign).