Jiminy's Cricket Farm issued a 20-year, 7 percent, semiannual bond four years ago. The bond...

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Jiminy's Cricket Farm issued a 20-year, 7 percent, semiannual bond four years ago. The bond currently sells for 108 percent of its face value. What is the companys pretax cost of debt? What is the companys aftertax cost of debt if the tax rate is 23 percent?

*Answer should be Pretax cost of debt = 6.29%/ Aftertax cost of debt = 4.84%*

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