(Bond valuation relationships) A bond of Telink Corporation pays $110 in annual interest, with a $1,000 par value. The bonds mature in 15 years. The market's required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 8 percent. a. Calculate the value of the bond. b. How does the value change if the market's required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond (i) increases to 12 percent or (ii) decreases to 6 percent? c. Interpret your findings in parts a and b. a. What is the value of the bond if the market's required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 8 percent? $ (Round to the nearest cent.) b. (i) What is the value of the bond if the market's required yield to maturity on a comparable risk bond increases to 12 percent? $ (Round to the nearest cent.) b. (ii) What is the value of the bond if the market's required yield to maturity on a comparable risk bond decreases to 6 percent? $ (Round to the nearest cent.) c. The change in the value of a bond caused by changing interest rates is called interest-rate risk. Based on the answers in part b, a decrease in interest rates (the yield to maturity) will cause the value of a bond to ; by contrast, an increase in interest rates will cause the value to (Select from the drop-down menus.) Also, based on the answers in part b, if the yield to maturity (current interest rate): equals the coupon interest rate, the bond will sell at exceeds the bond's coupon rate, the bond will sell at and is less than the bond's coupon rate, the bond will sell at (Select from the drop-down menus.)