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Temple-Midland, Inc. is issuing a ​$1000 par value bond that pays 7.9 percent annual interest and...

Temple-Midland, Inc. is issuing a ​$1000 par value bond that pays 7.9 percent annual interest and matures in 15 years. Investors are willing to pay ​$948 for the bond and Temple faces a tax rate of 31 percent. What is​ Temple's after-tax cost of debt on the​ bond?
The​ after-tax cost of debt is ​(Round to two decimal​ places.)

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Before-tax cost of debt can be calculated using I/Y function

N = 15, PMT = 7.9% x 1000 = 79, PV = -948, FV = 1000

=> Compute I/Y = 8.53%

After-tax cost of debt = 8.53% x (1 - 31%) = 5.88%

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