Brief Exercise 14-1

Bramble Corporation issues $550,000 of 9% bonds, due in 9 years, with interest payable semiannually. At the time of issue, the market rate for such bonds is 10%. Compute the issue price of the bonds. (Round present value factor calculations to 5 decimal places, e.g. 1.25124 and the final answer to 0 decimal places e.g. 58,971.)

Issue price of the bonds: