BDJ Co. wants to issue new 19-year bonds for some much-needed expansion projects. The company currently has 8.8 percent coupon bonds on the market that sell for $1,128, make semiannual payments, have a par value of $1,000, and mature in 19 years. What coupon rate should the company set on its new bonds if it wants them to sell at par

Cool beans is a locally owned coffee shop that competes with two large coffee chains, planeteuro and frothies. alicia, the owner, hired two students to count the number of customers that entered each of the coffee shops to estimate what percent of people who are interested in coffee are visiting each shop. after a week, the students found the following results: 589 visited cool beans, 839 visited planeteuro, and 1,290 visited frothies. the students were surprised that cool beans had 139 visits on monday which represented 59% of all people who visited one of the three coffee shops on mondays. how many people visited one of the three coffee shops during the week?