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Westco Co. issued 15-year bonds a year ago at a coupon rate of 5.4 percent. The bonds make semiannual payments and have a par value

Westco Co. issued 15-year bonds a year ago at a coupon rate of 5.4 percent. The bonds make semiannual payments and have a par value of $1,000. If the YTM on these bonds is 4.5 percent, what is the current price of the bond in dollars?

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Settlement date 1/1/2020
Maturity date 1/1/2034
Coupon rate 5.40%
Coupons per year 2
Redemption value (% of par) 100
Yield to maturity 4.50%
Par value $1,000

(Use cells A6 to B12 from the given information to complete this question. You must use the built-in Excel function to answer this question. Leave the Basis input blank in the function. You may enter a constant as a hard coded value.)

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Price (% of par)
Price

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