On January 1, Sustainable Energy Corporation issues bonds that have a $100,000 par value, mature in 8 years, and pay 12% interest per year. Interest payments are paid to bondholders semiannually on June 30 and December 31. How much interest does Sustainable Energy Corporation pay to bondholders every six months if the bonds are sold at par? a. $1,200
b. $3,000
c. $6,000
d. $12,000
e. $100,000

Afirm plans to begin production of a new small appliance. the manager must decide whether to purchase the motors for the appliance from a vendor at $10 each or to produce them in-house. either of two processes could be used for in-house production; process a would have an annual fixed cost of $200,000 and a variable cost of $7 per unit, and process b would have an annual fixed cost of $175,000 and a variable cost of $8 per unit. determine the range of annual volume for which each of the alternatives would be best. (round your first answer to the nearest whole number. include the indifference value itself in this answer.)