Consider a bond selling at par ($100) with a coupon rate of 6% and 10 years to maturity.

a. What is the price of this bond if the required yield is 15%?

b. What is the price of this bond if the required yield increases from 15% to 16%, and by what percentage did the price of this bond change?

c. What is the price of this bond if the required yield is 5%?

d. What is the price of this bond if the required yield increases from 5% to 6%, and by what percentage did the price of this bond change?

e. From your answers to Question 9, parts b and

d, what can you say about the relative price volatility of a bond in high- compared with lowinterest-

rate environments?