Titan Mining Corporation has 7.8 million shares of common stock outstanding, 290,000 shares of 4.3 percent preferred stock outstanding, and 175,000 bonds with a semiannual coupon rate of 5.9 percentoutstanding, par value $2,000 each. The common stock currently sells for $59 per share and has a beta of 1.05, the preferred stock has a par value of $100 and currently sells for $97 per share, and the bonds have 16 years to maturity and sell for 103 percent of par. The market risk premium is 6.8 percent, T-bills are yielding 3.5 percent, and the company's tax rate is 22 percent.

a.What is the firm's market value capital structure?

b.If the company is evaluating a new investment project that has the same risk as the firm's typical project, what rate should the firm use to discount the project's cash flows?