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Jiminy's Cricket Farm issued a 30-year, 7 percent coupon bond 6 years ago. The bond makes semi-annual coupon payments and sells for 91 percent of its face value. The face value of the debt issue is $21 million and the yield to maturity is 7.835%. Note: YTM for coupon bonds is quoted as an APR with semi-annual compounding.

In addition, the company has a second debt issue on the market, a zero coupon bond with 6 years left to maturity; the face value of this issue is $76 million and the bonds sell for 73 percent of face value. Note:Zero-coupon bonds only make one payment: face value which is paid at maturity.

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(a)	What is the company's total book value of debt? (Do not round your intermediate calculations.)

(b)	What is the company's total market value of debt? (Do not round your intermediate calculations.)

(c)	What is the pre-tax cost of debt for the zero coupon bond? Report this as an APR with semi-annual compounding. (Enter your answer as a percent, rounding to three decimals.)
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(d)	The company's tax rate is 34 percent. What is the company's after-tax cost of debt? Report this as an APR with semi-annual compounding. (Do not round your intermediate calculations.)

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