What interest payments do bondholders receive


Problem: A General Motors bond carries a coupon rate of 8 percent, has 9 years until maturity, and sells at a yield to maturity of 7 percent

1) What interest payments do bondholders receive each year?

2) At what price does the bond sell? (Assume annual interest payments.)

3) What will happen to the bond price if the yield to maturity falls to 6 percent?

Please comprise with your response the formulas required for this problems, as well as the detailed explanation for how to solve them.

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