Pecos Manufacturing has just issued a 15-year, 12% coupon interest rate, $1,000-par bond that pays interest annually. The required return is currently 14%, and the company is certain it will remain at 14% until the bond matures in 15 years. a. Assuming that the required return does remain at 14% until maturity, find thevalue of the bond with (1) 15 years, (2) 12 years, (3) 9 years, (4) 6 years, (5) 3years, and (6) 1 year to maturity. b. Plot your findings on a set of time to maturity (x axis)market value of bond(y axis) axes

Just like a lot of other americans, john wayne died of cancer. but is there more to this story? in 1955, wayne was in utah shooting a film. across the state line, in nevada, the united states military was testing atomic bombs. radioactive fallout from those tests drifted across the filming location. a total of 46 of the 220 people working on the film eventually died of cancer. cancer experts estimate that one would expect only about 30 cancer deaths in a group this size. is the death rate among the movie crew unusually high? does this prove that exposure to radiation increases the risk of cancer?