An investor purchased a 6 - year annual interest coupon bond one year ago. The coupon interest rate was 10 percent and the par value was $1000. At the time he purchased the bond, the yield to maturity was 8 percent. If he sold the bond after receiving the first interest payment and the yield to maturity continued to be 8 percent, his annual total rate of return on holding the bond for that year would have been:()
A. 6.00%.
B. 9.95%.
C. 8.00%.