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Kintel, Inc., management wants to raise $1 million by issuing six-year zero coupon bonds with a face value of $1,000. The company's investment banker states that investors would use an 9.73 percent discount rate to value such bonds. Assume semiannual coupon payments At what price would these bonds sell in the marketplace? (Round intermediate calculations to 4 decimal places, e.g. 1.2514 and Bond price to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25) Market rate How many bonds would the firm have to issue to raise $1 million? (Round intermediate calculations to 4 decimal places, e.g. 1.2514 and number of bonds to o decimal places, e.g. 5,275.) Number of bonds Click if you would like to Show Work for this question: Open Show Work