Christie DeLeon purchased a ten-year $1,000 bond with semiannual coupons for $982. The bond had a $1,100

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Christie DeLeon purchased a ten-year $1,000 bond with semiannual coupons for $982. The bond had a $1,100 redemption payment at maturity, a nominal coupon rate of 7% for the first five years, and a nominal coupon rate of q% for the final five years. Christie calculated that her annual effective yield for the ten-year period was 7.35%. Find q.

Coupon
A coupon or coupon payment is the annual interest rate paid on a bond, expressed as a percentage of the face value and paid from issue date until maturity. Coupons are usually referred to in terms of the coupon rate (the sum of coupons paid in a...