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Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Ike issues $250,000 of 13%, three-year bonds dated January 1, 2019, that pay interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31. They are issued at $256,156. When the market rate is 12% 4. Prepare the journal entries to record the first two interest payments