Answer:
1.- cash proceeds $308,473.5
2.- Interest Expense 141526.5
3.- Bond interest expense on first payment 7076.33
Explanation:
1.-
[tex]Nominal \times \frac{issued \: points}{100}= cash\: proceeds\\
250,000 \times \frac{123 + 3/8}{100} = 308,473.5[/tex]
Notice that it is (123 + 3/8) is a percent (%) that's why is important to divide by 100
2.-
308,473.5 - 250,000 = 58473.5 premium on bonds
This decrease the interest expense from the cash proceeds
Cash proceeds
250,000 * 0.04 * 20 = 200,000
- Amortization on Premium (58473.5)
Interest Expense 141526.5
3.-
It will use striaght-line method so
[tex]\frac{premiun \: on\: bonds}{total \: payments}= amortization \: per \: payment[/tex]
10 years * 2 payment per year = 20 payment in the lifetime of the bond
58473.5/20 = 2923.67
Cash proceeds - Premimun = Interest Expense
10,000 - 2923.67 = 7076.33