On January $1,2025,$ Plummer Company issued $$400,000$ of $5\%,$ five$-$year bonds payable at $108.$ Plummer Company has extra cash and wishes to retire the bonds payable on January $1,2026,$ immediately after making the second semiannual interest payment. To retire the bonds, Plummer Company pays the market price of $89.1.$ What is Plummer Company's carrying amount of the bonds payable on the retirement date? $2.$ How much cash must Plummer Company pay to retire the bonds payable? $3.$ Compute Plummer Company's gain or loss on the retirement of the bonds payable?

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