$1.$ A loan officer is preparing the documents for a commercial term loan. The borrower$$s risk profile suggests that an annualized return $($EAR$)$ of $6\mathrm{.}3\%$ is appropriate. The loan will require semi$-$annual payments, i$.$e$.,$ one payment every six months. What APR $($compounded semi$-$annually$)$ should be used to compute the borrower$$s future payments? $($don$$t use Excel built$-$in functions.$)$