An investor is trying to decide between a muni paying 5.75% or an equivalent taxable corporate paying 8.25%. What is the minimum marginal tax rate the investor must have to consider buying the municipal bond?   A. 30.00%   B. 25.00%   C. 66.67%   D. 20.00%

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An investor is trying to decide between a muni paying 5.75% or an equivalent taxable corporate paying 8.25%. What is the minimum marginal tax rate the investor must have to consider buying the municipal bond?

  A.

30.00%

  B.

25.00%

  C.

66.67%

  D.

20.00%

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