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P Brief Exercise G-13 Dempsey Railroad Co. is about to issue $314,000 of 8-year

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Brief Exercise G-13

Dempsey Railroad Co. is about to issue $314,000 of 8-year bonds paying an 12% interest rate, with interest payable semiannually. The discount rate for such securities is 10%.

How much can Dempsey expect to receive for the sale of these bonds?

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i Safari File Edit View History Bookmarks Develop Window Help ) 100% Sun 9:07 AM E edugen.wileyplus.com WileyPLUS Chegg Study Guided Solutions and Study Help | Chegg.com Weygandt, Financial & Managerial Accounting, 2e PRINTER VERSION BACK NEXT ASSIGNMENT RESOURCES Brief Exercise G-13 52 PM Your answer is incorrect. Try again. Dempsey Railroad Co. is about to issue $314,000 of 8-year bonds paying an 12% interest rate, with interest payable semiannually. The discount rate for such securities is 10%. (For calculation purposes, use 5 decimal places as displayed in the factor table provided.) How much can Dempsey expect to receive for the sale of these bonds? (Round answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 2,525.) Dempsey can expect to receive Exercise 10-16 342710.59 Revie Review Results by Study Objective SHOW ANSWER LINK TO TEXT Question Attempts: Unlimited SAVE FOR LATER SUBMIT ANSWER 26

Explanation / Answer

Principal 314,000 interest (314,000*12%*1/2)= 18840 Bond issue price where n = 5.00%              t= 16 principal                314,000*.45811 143847 (use PV of $1 table at 5% for 16 years) interest                  18,840*10.83777= 204184 (use PV of ordinary annuity table at 5% for 16 years) total bond issue price 348030 Dempsey can expect to receive 348,030