What is the amount of error between the duration prediction and the actual market values?

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MLK Bank has an asset portfolio that consists of $180 million of 15-year, 10.5 percent annual coupon, $1,000 bonds that sell at par.
 
a-1. What will be the bonds’ new prices if market yields change immediately by ± 0.10 percent? I do not need this answered. 
a-2. What will be the new prices if market yields change immediately by ± 2.00 percent? I do not need this answered. 
b-1. The duration of these bonds is 8.1702 years. What are the predicted bond prices in each of the four cases using the duration rule? I do not need this answered. 
b-2. What is the amount of error between the duration prediction and the actual market values?

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