Pool Corporation Inc. sells swimming pool supplies and equipment. It is a publicly traded corporation that trades on the NASDAQ exchange. The majority of Pool$$s customers are small, family$-$owned businesses. Assume that Pool issued bonds with a face value of $$750,000,000$ on January $1$ of this year and that the coupon rate is $5$ percent. At the time of the borrowing, the market interest rate was $4$ percent. The debt matures in $10$ years. Pool pays interest on this debt on June $30$ and December $31$ of each year.

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$1.$ What was the issue price on January $1$ of this year? $($Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in thousands rounded to the nearest whole thousand.$)$

$2.$ What amounts of interest should be paid on June $30$ and December $31$ of this year? $($Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in thousands rounded to the nearest whole thousand.$)$

$3.$ What amounts of interest expense should be recorded on June $30$ and December $31$ of this year?$($Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in thousands rounded to the nearest whole thousand.$)$

$4.$ Determine the carrying amounts of the bonds on June $30$ and December $31$ of this year. $($Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in thousands rounded to the nearest whole thousand.$)$