Please help me. Thankyou. The before-tax cost of debtWater and Power Company (WPC) can borrow funds at an interest rate of 12.50% for a period of seven years. Its marginal federal-plus-state tax rateis 25%. WPC's after-tax cost of debt is 9.38% (rounded to two decimal places).At the present time, Water and Power Company (WPC) has 20-year noncallable bonds with a face value of $1,000 that are outstanding. These bondshave a current market price of $1,382.73 per bond, carry a coupon rate of 13%, and distribute annual coupon payments. The company incurs afederal-plus-state tax rate of 25%. If WPC wants to issue new debt, what would be a reasonable estimate for its after-tax cost of debt (rounded to twodecimal places)? (Note: Round your YTM rate to two decimal place.) :5.31%7.64%is the interest rate that a firm pays on any new debt financing.5.98%6.64%

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