Computation of Effective Interest Rate On June 30, 2019, Gaston Corporation sold $890,000 of 9% face value bonds for $843,810.43. On December 31, 2019, Gaston sold $480,000 of this same bond issue for $505,351.46. The bonds were dated January 1, 2019, pay interest semiannually on

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Computation of Effective Interest Rate

On June 30, 2019, Gaston Corporation sold $890,000 of 9% face value bonds for $843,810.43. On December 31, 2019, Gaston sold $480,000 of this same bond issue for $505,351.46. The bonds were dated January 1, 2019, pay interest semiannually on each December 31 and June 30, and are due December 31, 2026.

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Compute the effective yield rate on each issuance of Gaston's 9% bonds. Click here to access the tables to use with this problem. Round your answers to the nearest whole percentage.

June 30, 2019 issuance: fill in the blank 1%
December 31, 2019 issuance: fill in the blank 2%
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Price of bond is equal to present value of coupon payment +Present value of par value.

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