Eric purchases a $8,000 fifteen-year 7% bond with semiannual coupons and a redemption value of $9.000. After twenty-three months, he sells the bond to Pierre who holds the bond for seven years and then sells it to Irene for the same price at which he bought it. She holds the bond until maturity. The nominal yield rates convertible semiannually earned by Eric and Irene are 3.6% and 3.8% respectively. Find the price for the bond at issue and the price Pierre paid for it. The answers are: the price at issue = 10529. 86 The price Pierre paid=10407.13