Five years ago, the State of Rhode Island issued $2,000,000 of 7% coupon, 20-year semiannual payment, tax-exempt bonds. The bonds had 5 years of call protection, but now the state can call the bonds if it chooses to do so. The call premium would be 5% of the face amount. Today 15-year, 5%, semiannual payment bonds can be sold at par, but flotation costs on this issue would be 2%. a) What is the net present value of the refunding? Because these are tax-exempt bonds, taxes are not relevant. The company's decision of whether to call the bonds depends critically on the current interest rate on newly issued bonds. b) What is the breakeven interest rate, the rate below which it would be profitable to call in the bonds?