You are the CFO of a pharmaceutical company with $100\%$ equity financing. The company's stock has a beta of $1\mathrm{.}0.$ The market risk premium and the risk$-$free interest rate are $10\%$ and $3\%,$ respectively. You have obtained the following information about the average cost of capital $($WACC$)$ for firms in selected industries:

Industry Discount Rates

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