Question: 1) Practice Question 4 University Corp. issued five-year bonds that pay a coupon of 6.5 percent semiannually. The current market rate for similar bonds is

1) Practice Question 4 University Corp. issued five-year bonds that pay a coupon of 6.5 percent semiannually. The current market rate for similar bonds is 5.5 percent. How much will you be willing to pay for the bond today? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

a.$1,023

b. $1,043

c.$1,000

d. $958

2) Nanotech, Inc., has a bond issue maturing in seven years that is paying a coupon rate of 11.0 percent (semiannual payments). Management wants to retire a portion of the issue by buying the securities in the open market. If it can refinance at 9.5 percent, how much will Nanotech pay to buy back its current outstanding bonds? (Round intermediate calculations to 5 decimal places, e.g. 1.25145 and final answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)

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