Bond interest payments before and after taxes$$Charter Corp. issued $2$ comma $382$ debentures with a$$ $$1,000$ par value and$5\%$ coupon rate.

a$.$What dollar amount of interest per bond can an investor expect to receive each year from$$ Charter?

b$.$What is$$ Charter's total interest expense per year associated with this bond$$ issue?$$

c$.$Assuming that Charter pays a $21\%$ corporate$$ tax, what is the$$ company's net$$ after$-$tax interest cost associated with this bond$$ issue?$$

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Part $1$

a$.$The dollar amount of interest per bond an investor can expect to receive each year from Charter is $$$

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