Lance whittingham iv specializes in buying deep discount bonds. these represent bonds that are trading at well below par value. he has his eye on a bond issued by the leisure time corporation. the $1,000 par value bond pays 4 percent annual interest and has 18 years remaining to maturity. the current yield to maturity on similar bonds is 12 percent. a. what is the current price of the bonds? use appendix b and appendix d for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. (do not round intermediate calculations. round your final answer to 2 decimal places. assume interest payments are annual.) b. by what percent will the price of the bonds increase between now and maturity

In 2018, laureen is currently single. she paid $2,800 of qualified tuition and related expenses for each of her twin daughters sheri and meri to attend state university as freshmen ($2,800 each for a total of $5,600). sheri and meri qualify as laureen’s dependents. laureen also paid $1,900 for her son ryan’s (also laureen’s dependent) tuition and related expenses to attend his junior year at state university. finally, laureen paid $1,200 for herself to attend seminars at a community college to her improve her job skills.what is the maximum amount of education credits laureen can claim for these expenditures in each of the following alternative scenarios? a. laureen's agi is $45,000.b. laureen’s agi is $95,000.c. laureen’s agi is $45,000 and laureen paid $12,000 (not $1,900) for ryan to attend graduate school (i.e, his fifth year, not his junior year).