Rust Bucket Motor Credit Corporation (RBMCC), a subsidiary of Rust Bucket Motor, offered some securities for sale to the public on March 28, 2008. Under the terms of the deal, RBMCC promised to repay the owner of one of these securities $100,000 on March 28, 2037, but investors would receive nothing until then. Investors paid RBMCC $23,799 for each of these securities; so they gave up $23,799 on March 28, 2008, for the promise of a $100,000 payment 29 years later.

a.	Based on the $23,799 price, what rate was RBMCC paying to borrow money? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

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Suppose that, on March 28, 2020, this securitys price is $42,080. If an investor had purchased it for $23,799 at the offering and sold it on this day, what annual rate of return would she have earned? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

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c.	If an investor had purchased the security at market on March 28, 2020, and held it until it matured, what annual rate of return would she have earned? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

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