(Bond valuation relationships)

The 16-year, $1,000 par value bonds of Waco Industries pay 8 percent interest annually. The market price of the bond is $955, and the market's required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 7 percent.

a.Compute the bond's yield to maturity.

b.Determine the value of the bond to you given the market's required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond.

c.Should you purchase the bond? Question content area bottom Part 1

a.What is your yield to maturity on the Waco bonds given the current market price of the bonds? enter your response here% (Round to two decimal places.)