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2 len 12 eBook Problem 13-02 13-02 a. A $1,000 bond has a 9.5 percent coupon and matures after ten years. If current interest rates are 12 percent, what should be the price of the bond? Assume that the bond pays interest annually. Use Appendix B and Appendix D to answer the question. Round your answer to the nearest dollar. $ b. If after six years interest rates are still 12 percent, what should be the price of the bond? Use Appendix B and Appendix D to answer the question. Assume that the bond pays interest annually. Round your answer to the nearest dollar. c. Even though interest rates did not change in a and b, why did the price of the bond change? Select than the price of the bond with the shorter term as the investors will collect the select interest payments and receive the The price of the bond with the longer term is principal within a longer period of time. d. Change the interest rate in a and b to 8 percent and rework your answers. Assume that the bond pays interest annually. Round your answers to the nearest dollar. Price of the bond (ten years to maturity: $ Price of the bond (four years to maturity): $ Even though the interest rate is 8 percent in both calculations, why are the bond prices different? than the price of the bond with the shorter term as the investors will collect the Select Mlinterest payments for a longer period The price of the bond with the longer term is -Select- of time.