But the question states that the actual yield is only 3791 g of sodium sulfate. Now multiply coupon rate with the face value and divide the market value with the answer you got by multiplying face value with coupon interest rate. You could perform the same kind of calculation for.
So you find that 8137 is the percent yield.
Still if you want to do the calculation by hand you should use the percent yield equation. Dividend Yield Annual Dividends Per Share Current Share Price Heres an example of how to calculate dividend yield. For example imagine that you calculate the gender ratio for new hires. So my yield is 78.