Consider Borden’s 83⁄4 percent bonds that mature on April 15, 2016. Assume that the interest on these bonds is paid and compounded annually. Determine the value of a $1,000 denomination Borden bond as of April 15, 2004, to an investor who holds the bond until maturity and whose required rate of return is

a. 7 percent

b. 9 percent

c. 11 percent

What would be the value of the Borden bonds at an 8 percent required rate of return if the interest were paid and compounded semiannually?