Question: GIVEN ABOUT THE MARKET: T - bill return is 3 . 5 % annually. The expected annual return on the market portfolio equals 1 0

GIVEN ABOUT THE MARKET:
T-bill return is 3.5% annually.
The expected annual return on the market portfolio equals 10%.
GIVEN ABOUT THE "GAMMA CORPORATION":
Gamma Corporation's capital structure is levered. (If Gamma Corporation was not levered, its equity Beta would have been 1.05.)
Gamma Corporation would like to maintain a target debt-to-equity ratio of .70 which is its current level.
Gamma Corporation has debt in the form of corporate bonds. The bonds mature in 28 years, each bond has a $2,000 par value, and the coupon rate of 6.2%. The bonds require that the coupons are made semiannually until the bonds mature. Each bond can be traded for $2,110 in today's economy.
Gamma Corporation faces a 21% tax rate on its taxable income.
a.
Gamma Corporation's cost of debt (HINT: "annual yield to maturity"!) is ____: (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g.,32.16.)
b. Gamma Corporation's cost of equity is ____: (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g.,32.16.)
c. Gamma Corporation's WACC is _____

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