In: Accounting
On February? 28,
2016?,
Dolphin
Corp. issues
6?%,
10?-year
bonds payable with a face value of
=$900,000.
The bonds pay interest on February 28 and August 31.
DolphinDolphin
Corp. amortizes bond discount by the? straight-line method.
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 1.  | 
If
the market interest rate is
 5?% whenDolphinDolphin Corp. issues its? bonds, will the bonds be priced at?par, at a? premium, or at a? discount? Explain. | 
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 2.  | 
If
the market interest rate is
 7?% whenDolphinDolphin Corp. issues its? bonds, will the bonds be priced at?par, at a? premium, or at a? discount? Explain. | 
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 3.  | 
Assume that the issue price of the bonds is
 93. Journalize the following bonds payable transactions. | 
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 a.  | 
Issuance of the bonds on February? 28,
 2016.  | 
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 b.  | 
Payment of interest and amortization of the bond discount on
August? 31,
 2016.  | 
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 c.  | 
Accrual of interest and amortization of the bond discount on
December? 31,
 2016?, the? year-end. | 
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 d.  | 
Payment of interest and amortization of the bond discount on
February? 28,
 2017.  | 
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 4.  | 
Report interest payable and bonds payable as they would appear on
the
 Dolphin Corp. balance sheet at December? 31,2016. | 
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