Evans Technology has the following capital structure. The aftertax cost of debt is 7.50 percent, and the cost of common

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Evans Technology has the following capital structure.
The aftertax cost of debt is 7.50 percent, and the cost of common
equity (in the form of retained earnings) is 14.50 percent.
a. What is the firm’s weighted average cost
of capital? (Do not round intermediate calculations.
Input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)
An outside consultant has suggested that because debt is cheaper
than equity, the firm should switch to a capital structure that is
50 percent debt and 50 percent equity.
Under this new and more debt-oriented arrangement, the aftertax
cost of debt is 8.50 percent, and the cost of common equity (in the
form of retained earnings) is 16.50 percent.
b. Recalculate the firm's weighted average
cost of capital. (Do not round intermediate
calculations. Input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal
places.)
c. Which plan is optimal in terms of
minimizing the weighted average cost of capital?
multiple choice
Plan A
Plan B