On January 1, 2018, Patel Company issued $500,000 of 11%, five-year bonds payable at 102. Patel Company has extra cash and wishes to retire the bonds payable on January1, 2019, immediately after making the second semiannual interest payment. To retire the bonds, Patel pays the market price of 99.

1.	What is Patel Company's carrying amount of the bonds payable on the retirement date?
2.	How much cash must Patel Company pay to retire the bonds payable?
3.	Compute Patel Company's gain or loss on the retirement of the bonds payable (Assume bonds payable are amortized using the straight-line amortization method.)