Selling bonds. Lunar Vacations needs to raise $6,400,000 for its new project (a golf course on the moon). Astro Investment Bank will sell the bond for a commission of 2.2%. The market yield is currently 7.4% on twenty-year semiannual bonds. If Lunar wants to issue a 5.8% semiannual coupon bond, how many bonds will it need to sell to raise the $6,400,000? Assume that all bonds are issued at a par value of $1,000. How many bonds will Lunar need to sell to raise the $6,400,000? (Round to the nearest whole number.)
Selling bonds. Lunar Vacations needs to raise $6,400,000 for its new project (a golf course on the moon). Astro Investment Bank will sell the bond for a commission of 2.2%. The market yield is currently 7.4% on twenty-year semiannual bonds. If Lunar wants to issue a 5.8% semiannual coupon bond, how many bonds will it need to sell to raise the $6,400,000? Assume that all bonds are issued at a par value of $1,000. How many bonds will Lunar need to sell to raise the $6,400,000? (Round to the nearest whole number.)
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![Selling bonds. Lunar Vacations needs to raise $6,400,000 for its new project (a golf course on the moon). Astro Investment Bank will sell the bond for a commission
of 2.2%. The market yield is currently 7.4% on twenty-year semiannual bonds. If Lunar wants to issue a 5.8% semiannual coupon bond, how many bonds will it need
to sell to raise the $6,400,000? Assume that all bonds are issued at a par value of $1,000.
How many bonds will Lunar need to sell to raise the $6,400,000?
| (Round to the nearest whole number.)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fa223f0e3-2554-4766-a321-af5562da259d%2Ff76d4009-5637-44f5-96db-58878aa714f3%2Fqrffvbb_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Selling bonds. Lunar Vacations needs to raise $6,400,000 for its new project (a golf course on the moon). Astro Investment Bank will sell the bond for a commission
of 2.2%. The market yield is currently 7.4% on twenty-year semiannual bonds. If Lunar wants to issue a 5.8% semiannual coupon bond, how many bonds will it need
to sell to raise the $6,400,000? Assume that all bonds are issued at a par value of $1,000.
How many bonds will Lunar need to sell to raise the $6,400,000?
| (Round to the nearest whole number.)
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