Joseph Max, Inc., sold 10-year, 7 percent bonds for $1,000,000 at 98. On the interest payment date

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Joseph Max, Inc., sold 10-year, 7 percent bonds for $1,000,000 at 98. On the interest payment date at the end of the 5th year the bonds were outstanding, 50 percent of the bonds were retired by Max at 101 under an early retirement option that was written into the bond agreement. Determine the gain or loss that Max will incur as a result of retiring the bonds.