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On January 1,2016,a Company Issues 3-Year Bonds with a Face

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On January 1,2016,a company issues 3-year bonds with a face value of $50,000 and a stated interest rate of 7%.Because the market interest rate is 9%,the company receives $47,469 for the bond.
Required:
Part a.Determine the interest expense,the cash payment for interest,and the amount of the premium that will be amortized during the year ending December 31,2016.
Part b.Prepare the journal entry to record the first interest payment on December 31,2016.


Definitions:

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the spread or dispersion of a set of data points in a population.

Sampling Error

The discrepancy between a sample statistic and the actual population parameter, which arises purely by chance from random sampling.

Confidence Interval

A variety of numerical values, sourced from sample measurements, that is believed to include the value of a not-yet-known population attribute.

Population Mean

The average value of all the members of a set or population.

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