Universal Foods issued 8% bonds, dated January 1, with a face amount of $250 million on January 1, 2021. The bonds mature on December 31, 2035 (15 years). The market rate of interest for similar issues was 10%. Interest is paid semiannually on June 30 and December 31. Universal uses the straight-line method. Required:
a. Determine the price of the bonds at January 1, 2021.
b. Prepare the journal entries to record their issuance by Universal Foods on January 1.2021. interest on June 30. 2021 and interest on December 31, 2028.

Which of the following would cause a shift to the right of the supply curve for gasoline? i. a large increase in the price of public transportation. ii. a large decrease in the price of automobiles. iii. a large reduction in the costs of producing gasoline

Which of the following is a function performed by market prices? a. market prices communicate information to buyers and sellers. b. market prices coordinate the decisions of buyers and sellers. c. market prices motivate entrepreneurs to produce those products that are currently most desired relative to their costs of production. d. all of the above are functions performed by market prices.

Suppose that a paving company produces paved parking spaces (q) using a fixed quantity of land (t) and variable quantities of cement (c) and labor (l). the firm is currently paving 1,000 parking spaces. the firm's cost of cement is $3 comma 600.003,600.00 per acre covered (c) and its cost of labor is $35.0035.00/hour (w). for the quantities of c and l that the firm has chosen, mp subscript upper c baseline equals 60mpc=60 and mp subscript upper l baseline equals 7mpl=7. is this firm minimizing its cost of producing parking spaces?