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Concept Questions◆Define pure discount bonds, level-coupon bonds, and consols.A pure discount bond is one that makes no intervening interest payments. One receives a single lump sum payment at maturity. A level-coupon bond is a combination of an annuity and a lump sum at maturity. A consol is a bond that makes interest payments forever.◆Contrast the state interest rate and the effective annual interest rate for bonds paying semi-annual interest.Effective annual interest rate on a bond takes into account two periods of compounding per year received on the coupon payments. The state rate