My pension plan will pay me $$15,000$ once a year for a $10-$year period. The first payment will come in exactly five years. The pension fund wants to immunize its position.

Required:

a$.$ What is the duration of its obligation to me$?$ The current interest rate is $9\mathrm{.}5\%$ per year.

b$.$ If the plan uses $5-$year and $20-$year zero$-$coupon bonds to construct the immunized position, how much money ought to be placed in each bond?

c$.$ What will be the face value of the holdings in each zero?

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Required A

Required C

What will be the face value of the holdings in each zero?

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.

$\backslash$table$[[,$Face Value$],[5-$year zero$-$coupon bond,$],[20-$year zero$-$coupon bond,$]]$