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Siscount and the straight-line process of amortization

If bonds are initially sold at a discount and the straight-line method of amortization is used, interest expense in the earlier years will:

a. exceed what it would have been had the effective-interest method of amortization been used.

b. be less than what it would have been had the effective-interest method of amortization been used.

c. be the same as what it would have been had the effective-interest method of amortiza-tion been used.

d. be less than the stated (nominal) rate of interest.

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