Exercise 7-18 Bonds payable-various issues LO 8 Atom Endeavour Co. issued $23 million face amount of 4.8% bonds when market interest rates were 5.35% for bonds of similar risk and other characteristics. Required a. How much interest will be paid annually on these bonds? (Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, i.e. 1,234,567.) nual interest payment b. Were the bonds issued at a premium or discount? O Premium O Discount c. Will the annual interest expense on these bonds be more than, equal to, or less than the amount of interest paid each year? Interest expense will be less than the interest paid Interest expense will be more than the interest paid Interest expense will be equal to the interest paid