An investor purchases one municipal and one corporate bond that pay rates of return of 7.5% and 10.3%, respectively. If the investor is in the 24% marginal tax bracket, his or her after-tax rates of return on the municipal and corporate bonds would be ________ and ______, respectively.

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Municipal bonds are typically tax-exempt, so the after-tax return remains 7.5%. The corporate bond's after-tax return is calculated as 10.3% * (1 - 0.24) = 7.83%.

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