An evil king has n bottles of wine, and a spy has just poisoned one of them. unfortunately, they do not know which one it is. the poison is very deadly; just one drop diluted even a billion to one will still kill. even so, it takes a full month for the poison to take effect. design a scheme for determining exactly which one of the wine bottles was poisoned in just one month's time while expending o(log n) taste testers.

At the beginning of 2014, winston corporation issued 10% bonds with a face value of $2,000,000. these bonds mature in five years, and interest is paid semiannually on june 30 and december 31. the bonds were sold for $1,852,800 to yield 12%. winston uses a calendar-year reporting period. using the effective-interest method of amortization, what amount of interest expense should be reported for 2014? (round your answer to the nearest dollar.)