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If the firm has $18 million in retained earnings, at what size capital structure

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If the firm has $18 million in retained earnings, at what size capital structure will the firm run out of retained earnings? (Enter your answer in millions of dollars (e.g., $10 million should be entered as "10").)

  


The 8.1 percent cost of debt referred to earlier applies only to the first $14 million of debt. After that, the cost of debt will go up. At what size capital structure will there be a change in the cost of debt? (Enter your answer in millions of dollars (e.g., $10 million should be entered as "10").)

  

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Delta Corporation has the following capital structure:

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Capital structure size = retained earnings/weight = 18/.6 = 30m

Capital structure size= debt at which rate goes up/weight of debt = 14/.35 =40m