Answer:
$1,079.22
<em>Explanation:</em>
<em>The price of a bond is the present value (PV) of the future cash inflows expected from the bond discounted using the yield to maturity.</em>
<em>These cash flows include interest payment and redemption value</em>
The price of the bond can be calculated as follows:
Step 1
PV of interest payment
Semi-annual coupon rate = 9.5%/2 = 4.75%
Semi-annual Interest payment =( 4.75%×$1000)= $47.5
Semi annual yield = 8%/2 = 4%
PV of interest payment
= A ×(1- (1+r)^(-n))/r
A- interest payment, r- yield - 4%, n- no of periods- 2 × 7 = 14 periods
= 47.5× (1-(1.04)^(-7×2))/0.04)
= 501.748
Step 2
PV of redemption value (RV)
PV = RV × (1+r)^(-n)
RV - redemption value- $1000, n- 7, r- 4.5%
= 1,000 × (1+0.04)^(-2×7)
= 577.475
Step 3
Price of bond = PV of interest payment + PV of RV
$ 501.7483391 + 577.4750828
=$1,079.22
Crane will pay =$1,079.22