Briar Inc.'s only debt was a bond with a ten-year maturity priced at par (price = 1000, same as the face value), and is paying annual coupon payments with a coupon rate of 7%. They are paying 27 % as taxes. What would be Briar's cost of debt (it is a rate so answer as a percent to two places!) based only on this bond issue?
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