On January 1, 20X1, Wolf Corp. issues five-year bonds with a face value of $500,000 and a stated interest rate of 8%, payable semiannually on June 30 and December 31. At the time of the issue, the market rate for bonds of similar risk and maturity is 6%. QUESTION: Rounded to the nearest whole dollar, what should be the bonds' issue price? ANSWER: $ (note: do not use commas or decimal points in your answer)
On January 1, 20X1, Wolf Corp. issues five-year bonds with a face value of $500,000 and a stated interest rate of 8%, payable semiannually on June 30 and December 31. At the time of the issue, the market rate for bonds of similar risk and maturity is 6%. QUESTION: Rounded to the nearest whole dollar, what should be the bonds' issue price? ANSWER: $ (note: do not use commas or decimal points in your answer)
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Transcribed Image Text:Note to Student: To answer this question, you may use either the factor tables
located at the back of your textbook or the factor tables located at the bottom of
this problem.
On January 1, 20X1, Wolf Corp. issues five-year bonds with a face value of
$500,000 and a stated interest rate of 8%, payable semiannually on June 30 and
December 31.
At the time of the issue, the market rate for bonds of similar risk and maturity is
6%.
QUESTION: Rounded to the nearest whole dollar, what should be the bonds'
issue price?
ANSWER: $
(note: do not use commas or decimal
points in your answer)
Factor Tables
Present Value (PV) of $1
n/i
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
10
.82035
.74409
.67556
.61391
.55839
20
.67297
.55368
.45639
.37689
.31180
25
.60953
.47761
.37512
.29530
.23300
30
.55207
.41199
.30832
.23138
.17411
40
.45289
.30656
.20829
.14205
.09722
Present Value of an Ordinary Annuity (PVA) of $1
n/ị
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
10
8.98259
8.53020
8.11090
7.72173
7.36009
20
25
16.35143
14.87747
13.59033
12.46221
11.46992
19.52346
17.41315
15.62208
14.09394
12.78336
30
22.39646
19.60044
17.29203
15.37245
13.76483
40
27.35548
23.11477
19.79277
17.15909
15.04630
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