Sincere Stationery Corporation needs to raise $500,000 to improve its manufacturing plant. It has decided to issue a $1,000 par value bond with an annual coupon rate of 10.0 percent with interest paid semiannually and a 10-year maturity. Investors require a rate of return of 9.0 percent.

a. Compute the market value of the bonds.

b. How many bonds will the firm have to issue to receive the neededfunds?

c. What is thefirm's after-tax cost of debt if thefirm's tax rate is 34 percent?