Western Electric has 35,000 ordinary shares outstanding at a price per share of $47 and a rate ofreturn of 13.5%. The firm has 5,000 preference shares paying 7% dividend outstanding at a price of$58 a share. The preferred share has a par value of $100. The outstanding bond has a total face valueof $450,000 and currently sells for 102% of face. The pre-tax yield-to-maturity on the bond is 8.499%.Required:a) Calculate the total market value of the firm. -b) Calculate the capital structure of the firm.places)c) Calculate the firm's weighted average cost of capital if the tax rate is 30%, assuming a classical taxsystem. ((Please round up the result at 3 decimal

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