You are a finance intern at Chambers and Sons and they have asked you to help estimate the company's cost of common equity. You obtained the following data: D1 = $1.25; P0 = $27.50; gL = 5.00% (constant); and F = 6.00%. What is the cost of equity raised by selling new common stock?

Choose from the following:

a. 9.44

b. 10.23

c. 9.84

d. 9.06

e. 10.64