Assets, Incorporated, plans to issue $7 million of bonds with a coupon rate of 7.5 percent, a par value of $1,000, semiannual coupons, and 25 years to maturity. The current market interest rate on these bonds is 6.6 percent. In one year, the interest rate on the bonds will be either 9 percent or 4 percent with equal probability. Assume investors are risk-neutral.    a. If the bonds are noncallable, what is the price of the bonds today? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

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Assets, Incorporated, plans to issue $7 million of bonds with a coupon rate of 7.5 percent, a par value of $1,000, semiannual coupons, and 25 years to maturity. The current market interest rate on these bonds is 6.6 percent. In one year, the interest rate on the bonds will be either 9 percent or 4 percent with equal probability. Assume investors are risk-neutral.

  

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If the bonds are noncallable, what is the price of the bonds today? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

 
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