On January 1, a company issues 8%, 5-year, $300,000 bonds th…

On January 1, a company issues 8%, 5-year, $300,000 bonds that pay interest semiannually. On the issue date, the annual market rate of interest is 6%. The following information is taken from present value tables:       Present value of an annuity for 10 periods at 3% 8.5302 Present value of an annuity for 10 periods at 4% 8.1109 Present value of 1 due in 10 periods at 3% 0.7441 Present value of 1 due in 10 periods at 4% 0.6756 What is the issue (selling) price of the bond?