Given that a Treasury bond has a par value of $50,000 and is currently offered at a quoted price of 98:5, what is the dollar amount that an investor must pay in order to purchase the bond?
If the quoted price is 98:5 this equals 98 5/32 which equals 98.15625% and means that the dollar amount is:
0.9815625 × $50,000 = $49,078.13
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