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Question 6 1 pts The interest rate on one-year Treasury discount bonds is 12 percent. The average income tax rate faced by investors in 25 percent. The Treasury department and a city government both want to borrow $100 million to finance a public project. They issue a one-year discount bond to raise the money. Due to arbitrage, if an investor buys the Treasury bond, her after-tax rate of return will be percent. If she buys the municipal bond, her after-tax rate of return will be percent. Additionally, the Treasury's interest expense will be dollars while the city's interest expense will be dollars.