Question: can someone please ASAP answer this question thumbs up will be provided please don't give me the answer in excel , thank you John has

can someone please ASAP answer this question

thumbs up will be provided please don't give me the answer in excel , thank you

John has just bought an 8% bond that pays semi-annual coupons with $1,000 face value and 8 years to maturity. i) If the yield (APR) of the bond was 10%, what was its purchase price? (3 marks) ii) If the bond's YTM (APR) drops to 6% one year later and John sells it immediately after receiving the coupon, calculate the capital gains yield. (5 marks) iii) Could the total yield be computed as the sum of the current yield and the capital gains yield? Explain.

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