A firm with a credit rating of BBB is considering issuing a bond with a $5-$

year term today. The bond will pay semiannual coupons at a $5\%$ coupon rate

and each bond will have a face value of $$1000.$ The yield to maturity on $5-$

year, semiannual coupon US Treasury bonds is $3\mathrm{.}43\%.$ The credit spread for

bonds of BBB rated firms is $1\mathrm{.}29\%.$

a$.$ What is the semiannual coupon promised by the bond $($expressed as a

dollar amount with two decimal places$)?$

b$.$ What is the total number of coupon payments promised by the bond

$($expressed as a whole number$)?$

c$.$ If the bond is about as risky as a typical BBB rated $5-$year bond, what

is the yield to maturity as a semiannual periodic compound rate that

the company should expect the bond to be issued at $($expressed as a

percentage with two decimal places$)?$

d$.$ What is the price at which the firm should expect to issue the bond

$($expressed as a dollar amount with two decimal places$)?$When a firm issues bonds, the amount of money they receive for each

bond is the price the bond is issued at$.$ How many of these bonds

would the firm need to issue to raise a total of $$1$ Million $($expressed

as a number with two decimal places$)?$