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Given the following bond quote:
Maturity Date:8/15/2039
Coupon Rate: 4%, semi-annual payments
Bid Price: 158% of par
Ask Price: 158.25% of par
Change: 0.4688%
Part A: Calculate the price an investor would pay to acquire $85,000 of par value in this bond.
Part B: Calculate the price an investor would receive for selling $60,000 of par value in this bond
Part A
Price to be paid= Par value*Ask rate
=85000*158.25%
= 134,512.5
Part B
Price investor receive = par value*Bid Rate
=60000*158%
=94,800