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Describe how you would calculate the cost of common stock that you would use in the WACC formula? How are the weights derived that are used in the WACC formula?

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WACC Formula

Describe how you would calculate the cost of common stock that you would use in the WACC formula? How are the weights derived that are used in the WACC formula?

The weighting using the WACC formula is like this-It's a calculation of a company's capital cost ...

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