EXERCISE 10-17 ZERO-COUPON BONDS Allrite Inc. is considering issuing bonds to finance the acquisition of a nationwide chain of distributors of.\llrite's products. Allrite is contemplating two different r\"pes of bonds to raise the required S50 million purchase price. The first is a traditional 10-year. 10%

bond with semiannual interest payments. The second is a 10-year, zero-coupon bond.

Assuming the market rate of interest is 10%, compute the face value of the bond issuance and make the journal entries necessan' to record the issuance if

(a) a traditional bond is issued, and

(b) a zero-coupon bond is issued.