Sheridan Company purchased $1750000 of 10% bonds of Scott Company on January 1, 2021, paying $1650375. The bonds mature January 1, 2031; interest is payable each July 1 and January 1. The discount of $99625 provides an effective yield of 11%. Sheridan Company uses the effective-interest method and plans to hold these bonds to maturity.

On July 1, 2021, Sheridan Company should increase its Debt Investments account for the Scott Company bonds by

a. $4981.
b. $3271.
c. $6541.
d. $9963.

Suppose that a paving company produces paved parking spaces (q) using a fixed quantity of land (t) and variable quantities of cement (c) and labor (l). the firm is currently paving 1,000 parking spaces. the firm's cost of cement is $3 comma 600.003,600.00 per acre covered (c) and its cost of labor is $35.0035.00/hour (w). for the quantities of c and l that the firm has chosen, mp subscript upper c baseline equals 60mpc=60 and mp subscript upper l baseline equals 7mpl=7. is this firm minimizing its cost of producing parking spaces?