REFERENCE: Ref.06_13 Fargus Corporation Owned 51% of the Voting Common Stock of Stock

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REFERENCE: Ref.06_13
Fargus Corporation owned 51% of the voting common stock of Sanatee,Inc.The parent's interest was acquired several years ago on the date that the subsidiary was formed.Consequently,no goodwill or other allocation was recorded in connection with the purchase price.
On January 1,2006,Sanatee sold $1,400,000 in ten-year bonds to the public at 108.The bonds pay a cash interest rate of 10% payable every December 31.Fargus acquired 40% of these bonds on January 1,2008,for 95% of the face value.Both companies utilized the straight-line method of amortization.
-What consolidation entry would have been recorded in connection with these intercompany bonds on December 31,2009?

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Definitions:

Highly Inelastic

Describing a situation where the quantity demanded or supplied changes very little in response to changes in price.

Quantity Demanded

The amount of a product consumers are willing to buy at a specific price, differentiating from the total market demand.

Relatively Inelastic

Relatively inelastic describes a scenario where the demand or supply for a product changes only slightly in response to changes in price.

Unitary Elasticity

A situation in which the percentage change in quantity demanded or supplied is equal to the percentage change in price.