McDavid Machinery Corp is an unlevered firm. The current market value of its equity is $17.5 million.
a. If there are no taxes and the EBIT is $2,012,500, what is the cost of equity? What is the WACC?
b. If the tax rate is 35%, what is the EBIT if the unlevered cost of equity is 11.5%? What is the WACC? (Assume there is no cost of financial distress and general M&M assumptions apply)