Answer:
The price of the bond is closest $101.36
Explanation:
It is noteworthy that a rational investor pays for a bond today the cash flows derivable from the bonds in future discounted to today's terms.
The future cash flows comprise of the yearly coupon interest of $5.5(5.5% *$100) for 3 years as well as the repayment of the principal $100 at the end of year 3.
To bring the cash inflows today's term, we multiply them them by the discounting factor 1/(1+r)^N , where is the yield to maturity of 5% and N is the relevant the cash flow is received.
The discounting is done in attached spreadsheet leading $ 101.36 present value today.
