New York Series C bonds with a face value of $120 000 mature January 1, 2015, and pay interest at 5% semi-annually. On January 1, 2013, the bonds were sold at a price of 109.007 to yield 0.470%.
(a) Calculate the amount paid for the bonds.
(b) For these bonds, how much interest must be paid each year?
(c) If the bonds had been purchased by the same investor six months earlier for $130 506.40, what would the price have been, and the yield rate?
(d) What yield was realized on this purchase and subsequent sale?