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Please help calculate the bonds payable for January 1, 2023. Cheg has given me the wrong answer 2 times. The bonds payable is NOT 50,000!!! Please help use the present value method to calculate it.

On January 1.2023, WMT Corporation issued a series of 100 convertible bonds, maturing in 5 years. The face amount of each bond was $500. WMT received $51,500 for the bond issue. The bonds paid interest every December 31 at 5%; the market interest rate for bonds with a comparable level of risk was 5.50%. The bonds were convertible to common shares at a rate of 12 common shares per bond. WMT amortized bond premiums and discounts using the effective interest method, and the company's year-end was December 31. WMT follows ASPE. On January 1,2024,20 of the bonds were comverted into common shares. On June 30, 2024, another 20 bonds were converted into common shares. The bondholders chose to forteit the accrued interest on these bonds. On January 1, 2025. when the fair value of the bonds was $30,800 due to a decrease in market interest rates, a conversion inducement of $30/ bond was offered to the remaining bondholders to convert their bonds to common shares, All of the remaining 60 bonds were converted into common shares at this time. a. Prepare the journal entry at January 1,2023. b. Prepare the journal entry at December 31,2023. c. Prepare the journal entry at January 1, 2024. d. Prepare the journal entry at June 30, 2024, e. Prepare the journal entry at December 31, 2024. t. Prepare the journal entryat January 1.2025. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round answers to O decimal places e.g.58,971. Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the occount tities and enter O for the amounts. Record journal entries in the order presented in the problem, List all debit entries before credit entries) Expert Q\&A

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