Temple$-$Midland, Inc. is issuing a $$$$1$ comma $000$ par value bond that pays $7\mathrm{.}3$ percent annual interest and matures in $15$ years. Investors are willing to pay $$$$953$ for the bond and Temple faces a tax rate of $23$ percent. What is$$ Temple's after$-$tax cost of debt on the$$ bond?

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