Marguerite had been asked by her manager to write a summary of a seminar she had attended. Marguerite’s summary explained that the speaker’s thick accent and excessive use of jargon made it hard for her to follow his presentation. It’s clear that Marguerite experienced barriers during the seminar.

language barriers

Explanation:

Since in the question,  it is mentioned that there is excessive use of jargon which results in difficulty to understand what the speaker wants to communicate and due to which it becomes harder to her to follow his presentation.

Here jargon means unique words which unable to understand by the group of people

Therefore this is a language barrier during the seminar

Coupon rate = 0.04292 or 4.292%

Explanation:

To calculate the coupon rate of the bond, we will, use the formula for the price of the bond. As the bond is an annual bond, the coupon payment, number of periods and semi annual YTM will be,

Coupon Payment (C) = x

Total periods (n)= 8

r or YTM = 0.051 or 5.1%

The formula to calculate the price of the bonds today is attached.

948 = x * [( 1 - (1+0.051)^-8) / 0.051]  +  1000 / (1+0.051)^8

948 = x * 6.437166243  +  671.7045216

948 - 671.7045216  =  x * 6.437166243

276.2954784 / 6.437166243  =  x

x = $42.92191128 rounded off to $42.92

Thus, the coupon payment on bond is $42.92

As the coupon payment is calculated by multiplying the coupon rate with the face value of the bond, then the coupon rate will be:

Coupon payment = face value * coupon rate

42.92 = 1000 * Coupon rate

Coupon rate = 42.92 / 1000

Coupon rate = 0.04292 or 4.292%