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Actuary and trustee reports indicate the following changes in the PBO and plan assets of Lakeside Cable during $2024$:

Prior service cost at January $1,2024,$ from plan amendment at the beginning of $2022$

$($amortization: $$6$ million per year$)$

$$36$ million

Net loss$-$pensions at January $1,2024($previous losses exceeded previous gains$)$

$$64$ million

Average remaining service life of the active employee group

$10$ years

Actuary's discount rate

$10\%$

$($$ in millions$)$

Assume the following actuary and trustee reports indicating changes in the PBO and plan assets of Lakeside Cable during

$2025$:

$($$ in millions$)$

$4-$a$.$ Determine Lakeside's pension expense for $2025.$

$4-$b$.$ Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record the expense, the cash funding of plan assets, and payment of benefits to

retirees.

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Determine Lakeside's pension expense for $2025.$

Note: Enter your answers in millions rounded to $1$ decimal place $($i$.$e$.,5,500,000$ should be entered as $5\mathrm{.}5).$