The City of State College plans to issue bonds with a par value of $\backslash (\backslash$$ $3,000\backslash )$ that will issue $\backslash (10\backslash \%\backslash )$ quarterly payments for $7$ years. If a purchaser wants earn $\backslash (9\backslash \%\backslash )$ per quarter over the lifetime of the bond, how much would the purchaser be willing to pay for the bond?

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Carry all interim calculations to $5$ decimal places and then round your final answer to a whole number. The tolerance is $\backslash (\backslash$pm $5\backslash ).$