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Accounting: What the Numbers Mean 9th Edition by Wayne W McManus, Daniel F Viele, David H Marshall

Edition 9ISBN: 0073527068
book Accounting: What the Numbers Mean 9th Edition by Wayne W McManus, Daniel F Viele, David H Marshall cover

Accounting: What the Numbers Mean 9th Edition by Wayne W McManus, Daniel F Viele, David H Marshall

Edition 9ISBN: 0073527068
Exercise 71
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a. The market interest rate is higher than the stated interest rate, so the bonds will sell for less than their face amount.  The higher the discount rate (i.e., market interest rate), the lower the present value of cash flows associated with the bond (for interest payments and principal) becomes.


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