Four years after the issue of a $10,000, 8.9% coupon, 20-year bond, the rate of return required in the bond market on long-term bonds was 7.2% compounded semiannually. What capital gain or loss (expressed in dollars) would the original owner have realized by selling the bond

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Four years after the issue of a $10,000, 8.9% coupon, 20-year bond, the rate of return required in the bond market on long-term bonds was 7.2% compounded semiannually.

What capital gain or loss (expressed in dollars) would the original owner have realized by selling the bond? 

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