(Individual or component costs of capital) Compute the cost of capital for the firm for the following: a. A bond that has a $1 comma 000 par value (face value) and a contract or coupon interest rate of 11.4 percent. Interest payments are $57.00 and are paid semiannually. The bonds have a current market value of $1 comma 120 and will mature in 10 years. The firm's marginal tax rate is 34 percet. b. A new common stock issue that paid a $1.82 dividend last year. The firm's dividends are expected to continue to grow at 6.5 percent per year, forever. The price of the firm's common stock is now $27.22. c. A preferred stock that sells for $142, pays a dividend of 8.8 percent, and has a $100 par value. d. A bond selling to yield 11.9 percent where the firm's tax rate is 34 percent.

2. you take $100 you had kept under your mattress and deposit it on your bank account. if this $100 stays in the banking system as reserves and if banks hold reserves equal to 10% of deposits, by how much does the total amount of deposits in the banking system increase? by how much does the money supply increase?

Accublade castings inc. casts blades for turbine engines. within the casting department, alloy is first melted in a crucible, then poured into molds to produce the castings. on may 1, there were 230 pounds of alloy in process, which were 60% complete as to conversion. the work in process balance for these 230 pounds was $32,844, determined as follows: exercises during may, the casting department was charged $350,000 for 2,500 pounds of alloy and $19,840 for direct labor. factory overhead is applied to the department at a rate of 150% of direct labor. the department transferred out 2,530 pounds of finished castings to the machining department. the may 31 inventory in process was 44% complete as to conversion. prepare the following may journal entries for the casting department: the materials charged to production the conversion costs charged to production the completed production transferred to the machining department determine the work in process"casting department may 31 balance.

Atax on the sellers of coffee will a. increase the price of coffee paid by buyers, increase the effective price of coffee received by sellers, and increase the equilibrium quantity of coffee. b. increase the price of coffee paid by buyers, increase the e ffective price of coffee received by sellers, and decrease the equilibrium quantity of coffee. c. increase the price of coffee paid by buyers, decrease the effective price of coffee received by sellers, and increase the equilibrium quantity of coffee. d. increa se the price of coffee paid by buyers, decrease the effective price of coffee received by sellers, and decrease the equilibrium quantity of coffee.