On January$1,$

$20252025,$

AgriculturalAgricultural

Credit Union

$($ACUACU$)$

issued

$66\%,$

$2020-$year

bonds payable with face value of

$ $900$ comma $000$$$900,000.$

The bonds pay interest on June $30$ and December $31.$

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Part $1$

Requirement $1.$ If the market interest rate is

$5\%5\%$

when

ACUACU

issues its$$ bonds, will the bonds be priced at face$$ value, at a$$ premium, or at a$$ discount? Explain.

The

$6\%6\%$

bonds issued when the market interest rate is

$5\%5\%$

will be priced at

$$

$$

a discount

a premium

face value

$.$

They are

$$

$$

attractive

unattractive

in this$$ market, so investors will pay

$$

$$

face value

less than face value

more than face value

to acquire them.