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Start with the partial model in the file Ch11 P18 Build a Model.xlsox. The stock of Gao Computing sells for $70, and last year's dividend was $3.96. Secunty analysts are projecting that the common dividend will grow at a rate of 6% a year. A flotation cost of 11% would be tequired to issue new common stock. Geo's prefetted stock selis for $32.26, pays a dividend of $3.30 per share, and new preferred stock could be sold with a flotation cost of 7%. The firm has outstanding bonds with 15 years to maturity, an 11% annual coupon rate, semiannual payments, and 51,000 par value. The bonds are trating at $1,259.38. The tax rate is 25%. The market risk premium 155%, the risk free rate is 5.5%, and Gao's beta is 1.3. It its cost-of-capital calculations, Gao uses a target capital structure with 45% debt, 5\% prelerred stock, and 50% common equity: The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel file below. Download the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the questions below, Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decirmal places, a. Calculate the cost of each capital component-in other words, the after-tax cost of debt, the cost of preferred stock (including flotation costs), and the cost of equity (ignoring flotation costs). Use both the CAPM method and the dividend growth approsch to find the cost of equity. b. Calculste the cost of new stock using the dividend grewth approsch