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[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Ike issues $260,000 of 9%, three-year bonds dated January 1, 2019, that pay interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31. They are issued at $266,811. When the market rate is 8%.

Required: 1. Prepare the January 1 journal entry to record the bonds' issuance.

3. Prepare an effective interest amortization table for the bonds' first two years.

4. Prepare the journal entries to record the first two interest payments.