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A $5,000 bond, redeemable at 105 on Sep. 1, 2014, has semiannual coupons at j2 =...

A $5,000 bond, redeemable at 105 on Sep. 1, 2014, has semiannual coupons at j2 = 2r. It is purchased for $5,203.69 on March 1, 1993, to yield j2 = 12.5%. Find r.

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Face Value= $5,000

Rate of Redemption is given as 105

Therefore, Redemption value= $5,000*105% = $5,250

Date of purchase= March 1, 1993

Date of maturity= September 1, 2014.

Therefore, number of coupon payments till maturity= 43

Amount of semi annual coupon payment= $325 (Calculated using PMT function of Excel)

Semi annual coupon rate (r)= 6.5%

Details of computation as follow:

D11 F =PMT(D9,D7,D10*-1,D4,0) в с D 1 Values $5,000 $5,250 Semi annual FV Formula 3 Face Value (F) Given 4 Redemption value F

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