Atwell Company is planning to issue $450,000 of 8%, five-year bonds payable to borrow for a major expansion. Theowner, Barry Atwell, asks your advice on some related matters.

1. Answer the followingquestions: a.

At what type of bond price will Atwell Company have total interest expense equal to the cash interestpayments?

b. Under which type of bond price will Atwell Company's total interest expense be greater than the cash interestpayments? c. If the market interest rate is 9%, what type of bond price can Atwell Company expect for thebonds?

2.Compute the price of the bonds if the bonds are issued at 91. 3.How much will Atwell Company pay in interest eachyear? How much will Atwell Company's interest expense be for the firstyear? (Assume thestraight-line method isused.)