The designer company issued 10-year bonds on january 1. the 6% bonds have a face value of $800,000 and pay interest every january 1 and july 1. the bonds were sold for $690,960 based on the market interest rate of 8%. designer uses the effective-interest method to amortize bond discounts and premiums. on july 1, designer should record interest expense (round to the nearest dollar) of

a) $27,638

b) $24,000

c) $48,000

d) $55,277

Which sentence in the passage refers to the "analysis" of a given problem? jeremy is the production manager in a manafacturing company. he has identified a problem in the production process. he has estimated that the problem would lead to a loss of $10,000 and would require time to resolve. further, he has also identified the source of the problem to be the outdated machinery, which might require major repair, if not immediate replacement. finally, jeremy has also divided the problem into smaller parts, such as production costs, overheads, downtime expense, repair expenditure, and so on.