Larkins is planning to issue debentures with a face value of $1,000,000 on September 1, 2020. The debenture matures in 10 years and have a face interest rate of 8 percent that is paid semiannually on March 1 and September 1 each year. Larkins is uncertain about what the market interest rate will be on those dates and has projected the following possibilities:

Required:

A. How much cash will Larkins receive from the debentures for each interest rate?B. What is the interest expense for the first year for each of the market interest rates?C. What will be the annual cash outflows for each of the market interest rates?D. What will be the carrying value of the debentures after one year for each of the interest rates?

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Situation 1: Market rate of 9 percent 2: Market rate of 7 Situation percent Situation 3: Market rate of 8 percent