A Company Issues Bonds with a Par Value of $800,000

A company issues bonds with a par value of $800,000 on their issue date. The bonds mature in 5 years and pay 6% annual interest in two semiannual payments. On the issue date, the market rate of interest is 8%. Compute the price of the bonds on their issue date. The following information is taken from present value tables:
$$\begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline \text { Present value of an annuity for } 10 \text { periods at } 3 \% & 8.5302 \\\hline \text { Present value of an annuity for } 10 \text { periods at } 4 \% & 8.1109 \\\hline \text { Present value of 1 due in } 10 \text { periods at } 3 \% & 0.7441 \\\hline \text { Present value of 1 due in } 10 \text { periods at } 4 \% & 0.6756 \\\hline\end{array}$$