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Martin Shipping Lines issued bonds 10 years ago at $1,000 per bond. The bonds had a 30 -year life when issued, with semiannual payments at the then annual rate of 12 percent. This return was in line with required retums by bondholders at that point, as descnbed below: Assume that today the inflation premium is only 3 percent and is appropriately reflected in the required teturn (or yleld to maturity) of the bonds. Compute the new price of the bond, Use Appendix.B and Apoendix D, (Round "PV Factor" to 3 decimal places. Do not round: intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.) New price of the bond