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Consider three bonds with 5.30% coupon rates, all making annual coupon payments and all selling at face value. The short-term bond has a maturity of 4 years, the intermediate-term bond has a maturity of 8 years, and the long-term bond has a maturity of 30 years.

Question a. What will be the price of the 4-year bond if its yield increases to 6.30%? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Question b. What will be the price of the 8-year bond if its yield increases to 6.30%? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Question c. What will be the price of the 30-year bond if its yield increases to 6.30%? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Question d. What will be the price of the 4-year bond if its yield decreases to 4.30%? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Question e. What will be the price of the 8-year bond if its yield decreases to 4.30%? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Question f. What will be the price of the 30-year bond if its yield decreases to 4.30%? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Question g. Comparing your answers to parts (a), (b), and (c), are long-term bonds more or less affected than short-term bonds by a rise in interest rates?

Question h. Comparing your answers to parts (d), (e), and (f), are long-term bonds more or less affected than short-term bonds by a decline in interest rates?