The paulson company's year-end balance sheet is shown below. its cost of common equity is 18%, its before-tax cost of debt is 8%, and its marginal tax rate is 40%. assume that the firm's long-term debt sells at par value. the firm’s total debt, which is the sum of the company’s short-term debt and long-term debt, equals $1,154. the firm has 576 shares of common stock outstanding that sell for $4.00 per share. the data has been collected in the microsoft excel online file below. open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the question below.