Jane Thorpe has been offered a 20-year bond issued by Barone, Inc., at a price of $743.22. The bond has a coupon rate of 8 percent and pays the coupon semiannually. Similar bonds in the market will yield 12 percent today. What is the current worth or value of this bond and should she buy the bonds at the offered price

Varto company has 9,400 units of its sole product in inventory that it produced last year at a cost of $23 each. this year’s model is superior to last year’s, and the 9,400 units cannot be sold at last year’s regular selling price of $42 each. varto has two alternatives for these items: (1) they can be sold to a wholesaler for $8 each, or (2) they can be reworked at a cost of $251,100 and then sold for $34 each. prepare an analysis to determine whether varto should sell the products as is or rework them and then sell them.