The following table lists several corporate bonds issued during the third quarter of $2021.$

Company Alphabet AT&T Ford Goldman

Sachs Verizon Wells

Fargo

Time to

Maturity

$($years$)19107465$

Annual

Rate $(\%)1\mathrm{.}9008\mathrm{.}7503\mathrm{.}2503\mathrm{.}7504\mathrm{.}1253\mathrm{.}200$

If you spent $$50,000$ on Ford bonds, how much interest would you earn every $6$ months? HINT $[$See Example $3.]$

$ How much interest would you earn over the life of the bonds?

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