Essex Biochemical Co. has a $1,000 par value bond outstanding that pays 14 perce

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Essex Biochemical Co. has a $1,000 par value bond outstanding that pays 14 percent annual interest. The current yield to maturity on such bonds in the market is 9 percent. Use Appendix B and Appendix D for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods.

Compute the price of the bonds for the maturity dates: (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places. Assume interest payments are annual.)

40 years ___

17 years____

5 years_____

Appendix B Present value of $1,PVF PV=FV Percent Period 4 Appendlx B (concluded) Percent Period 50% 0.783 0.769 0.756 0.743 0.731 0.718 0.706 0.694 0.640 0.592 0.549 0.510 0.444 0.693 0.675 0.658 0.641 0.624 0.609 0.593 0.579 0512 0.455 0.406 0.364 0.296 0.480 0.456 0.432 0.410 0.390 0.370 0.352 0.335 0.262 0.207 0.165 0.133 0.088 0.425 0.400 0.376 0.354 0.333 0.314 0.296 0.279 0.210 0.159 0.122 0.095 0.059 0.261 0.237 0.215 0.195 0.178 0.162 0.148 0.135 0.086 0.056 0.037 0.025 0.012 0.160 0.140 0.123 0.108 0.095 0.084 0.074 0.065 0.035 0.020 0.011 0.006 0.002 0.125 0.108 0.093 0.080 0.069 0.060 0.052 0.045 0.023 0.012 0.006 0.003 0.001 0.098 0.083 0.070 0.060 0.051 0.043 0.037 0.031 0.014 0.007 0.003 0.002 0 0.087 0.073 0.061 0.051 0.043 0.037 0.031 0.026 0.012 0.005 0.002 0.001 0 0.047 0.038 0.030 0.024 0.020 0.016 0.013 0.010 0.004 0.001 0.001 0 0.026 0.020 0.015 0.012 0.009 0.007 0.005 0.004 0.001 0

Explanation / Answer

FV = 1000

PMT = 140

rate = 9%

n = 40

use PV function in Excel

price of the bond when maturity is 40 years = 1537.87

now replace n = 17

price when n = 17 years = 1,427.18

when n = 5, price = 1,194.48

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