Gargoyle Unlimited Gargoyle Unlimited Is Planning to Issue a Zero Coupon Bond

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Gargoyle Unlimited
Gargoyle Unlimited is planning to issue a zero coupon bond to fund a project that will yield its first positive cash flow in three years. That cash flow will be sufficient to pay off the entire debt issue. The bond's par value will be $1,000, it will mature in 3 years, and it will sell in the market for $727.25. The firm's marginal tax rate is 40 percent.
-Refer to Gargoyle Unlimited.What is the dollar value of the interest tax savings to the firm in the third year of the issue?

A) $32.58
B) $40.29
C) $100.72
D) $60.43
E) $109.10