8 Brampton Truck Parts needs $652,000 to take a cash discount of 2.50/10, net 70. A banker will loan the money for 60 days at an interest cost of $14,100. a. What is the annual rate on the bank loan? (Use 365 days in a year. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.) Annual rate % b. How much would it cost (in percentage terms) if Brampton did not take the cash discount and paid the bill in 70 days instead of 10 days? (Use 365 days in a year. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.) Cost of not taking a cash discount c. Should Burt's borrow the money to take the discount? Yes %

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Brampton Truck Parts needs $652,000 to take a cash discount of 2.50/10, net 70. A banker will loan the money for 60 days at an
interest cost of $14,100.
a. What is the annual rate on the bank loan? (Use 365 days in a year. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final
answer to 2 decimal places.)
Annual rate
b. How much would it cost (in percentage terms) if Brampton did not take the cash discount and paid the bill in 70 days instead of 10
days? (Use 365 days in a year. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.)
Cost of not taking a cash discount
c. Should Burt's borrow the money to take the discount?
Yes
No
%
d. If the banker requires a 10 percent compensating balance, how much must Burt's borrow to end up with the $652,000? (Round the
final answer to the nearest whole dollar.)
Amount to be borrowed
$
Annual rate
%
e-1. What would be the interest rate in part d if the interest charge for 60 days were $25,000? (Use 365 days in a year. Do not round
intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.)
%
e-2. Should Brampton borrow with the 10 percent compensating balance? (There are no funds to count against the compensating
balance requirement.)
Transcribed Image Text:8 Brampton Truck Parts needs $652,000 to take a cash discount of 2.50/10, net 70. A banker will loan the money for 60 days at an interest cost of $14,100. a. What is the annual rate on the bank loan? (Use 365 days in a year. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.) Annual rate b. How much would it cost (in percentage terms) if Brampton did not take the cash discount and paid the bill in 70 days instead of 10 days? (Use 365 days in a year. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.) Cost of not taking a cash discount c. Should Burt's borrow the money to take the discount? Yes No % d. If the banker requires a 10 percent compensating balance, how much must Burt's borrow to end up with the $652,000? (Round the final answer to the nearest whole dollar.) Amount to be borrowed $ Annual rate % e-1. What would be the interest rate in part d if the interest charge for 60 days were $25,000? (Use 365 days in a year. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.) % e-2. Should Brampton borrow with the 10 percent compensating balance? (There are no funds to count against the compensating balance requirement.)
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