Nicholas Ram Corporation have a $2,500,000 "bond issue" dated March 1, 2016 due in 15 years with an annual interest rate of 15%. Interest is payable March 1 and September 1. On August 1, 2016, the bond was sold for $2,578,750 plus accrued interest. Using the straight-line method, prepare the general journal entries for each of the following: a) b) The issuance of the bond on August 1, 2016. Payment of the semi-annual interest and the amortization of the premium on September 1, 2016. Accrual of the interest and the amortization of the premium on December 31, 2016. Payment of the semi-annual interest and the amortization of the premium on March 1, 2017 c) d) (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. Do not use dollar signs ($) when entering amounts. To see comma-formatted numbers reflected in your final answers, you must enter your answers with commas. Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.25.)