Duration and hedging: A corporation plans to issue $10 million of 10-year bonds in 3 months. At current yields the bonds would have modified duration of 8 years. The T-note futures contract is sellingat F0=100 and has modified duration of 6 years. How can the firm use this futures contract to hedge therisk surrounding the yield at which it will be able to sell its bonds? Both the bond and the contract are atpar value. The face value of the T-note futures is $100,000.