A Company Issued 9

question 83

Essay

A company issued 9.2%, 10-year bonds with a par value of $100,000. Interest is paid semiannually. The market interest rate on the issue date was 10%, and the issuer received $95,016 cash for the bonds. On the first semiannual interest date, what amount of cash should be paid to the holders of these bonds for interest?

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Definitions:

Melting Temperature

The specific temperature at which a solid substance turns into a liquid at atmospheric pressure.

Subducted Plate

A tectonic plate that is being forced underneath another plate into the Earth's mantle at a convergent boundary.

Ophiolite

A portion of the Earth's oceanic crust along with the upper mantle beneath it that has been elevated and is now visible above the surface of the sea.

Oceanic Crust

The part of the Earth's crust that underlies the ocean basins, generally thinner and more dense than continental crust, formed at mid-ocean ridges and recycled into the mantle at subduction zones.