Bonds with coupon rate-assume investors are risk-neutral

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KIC, Inc., plans to issue $5 million of bonds with a coupon rate of 8 percent and 10 years to maturity. The current market interest rates on these bonds are 7 percent. In one year, the interest rate on the bonds will be either 10 percent or 6 percent with equal probability. Assume investors are risk-neutral.

a. If the bonds are noncallable, what is the price of the bonds today? Assume a par value of $1,000 and semiannual payments. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Price of the bonds: $

b. If the bonds are callable one year from today at $1,050, will their price be greater or less than the price you computed in part a?

Greater or Less

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