On January 1,a Company Issues Bonds with a Par Value

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Essay

On January 1,a company issues bonds with a par value of $300,000.The bonds mature in 5 years and pay 8% annual interest each June 30 and December 31.On the issue date,the market rate of interest is 6%.Compute the price of the bonds on their issue date.The following information is taken from present value tables:
$\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline \text { Present value of an annuity for } 10 \text { periods at } 3 \% & 8.5302 \\\hline \text { Present value of an annuity for } 10 \text { periods at } 4 \% & 8.1109 \\\hline \text { Present value of } 1 \text { due in } 10 \text { periods at } 3 \% & 0.7441 \\\hline \text { Present value of } 1 \text { due in } 10 \text { periods at } 4 \% & 0.6756\\\hline\end{array}$

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