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Treasury bonds paying an 9.50% coupon rate with semiannual payments currently sell at par value. What coupon rate would they have to pay in order to sell at par if they paid their coupons annually? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Coupon rate % Find the duration of a 6% coupon bond making annual coupon payments if it has three years until maturity and a yield to maturity of 6.7%. What is the duration if the yield to maturity is 10.7%? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 4 decimal places.) Duration YTM 6.7% YTM 10.7% YTM