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The dollar cost of debt for John Galt Industries is 8.0%.The firm faces a tax rate of 21% on all income,no matter where it is earned.Galt needs to know its Yen cost of debt.The risk-free interest rates on dollars and yen are r% = 6% and r¥ = 2%,respectively.Galt is willing to assume that capital markets are internationally integrated and that its free cash flows are uncorrelated with the yen-dollar spot rate.Galt's after-tax cost of debt in yen is closest to:


A) 0.9%.
B) 2.3%.
C) 3.9%.
D) 4.8%.

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