On january 1, 2019, electro inc. issued $740,000 of 7.5%, four-year bonds that pay interest semiannually on june 30 and december 31. they are issued at $680,186 and their market rate is 10% at the issue date. after recording the entry for the issuance of the bonds, bonds payable had a balance of $740,000 and discount on bonds payable had a balance of $59,814. electro uses the effective interest bond amortization method. the first semiannual interest payment was made on june 30, 2019.

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)