Use the Following Information to Answer the Next 4 Questions

question 13

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the next 4 questions:
Discount-Mart issues $10 million in bonds on January 1,2015.The bonds have a ten-year term and pay interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31 each year.Below is a partial bond amortization schedule for the bonds:

-What is the carrying value of the bonds as of December 31,2016?

• A)$8,834,770.
• B)$8,686,606.
• C)$8,734,070.
• D)$8,783,433.

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Definitions:

Nonexcludability

The inability to keep nonpayers (free riders) from obtaining benefits from a certain good; a characteristic of a public good.

Public Goods

Goods that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning they are available to all members of society and one person's consumption does not reduce availability for others.

Public Good

A good or service offered to every member of a society for free, supplied by either government entities or private individuals or groups, without seeking financial gain.

Collective Willingness

The aggregate propensity of a group to invest in goods, services, or actions that benefit the community or society as a whole.