Each business day, on average, a company writes checks totaling $19,500 to pay its suppliers. The usual clearing time for the checks is four days. Meanwhile, the company is receiving payments from its customers each day in the form of checks totaling $24,600. The cash from the payments is available to the firm after two days.   a. Calculate the company’s disbursement float, collection float, and net float. (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. ) b. If the collected funds were available in one day instead of two, what would be the company's disbursement float, collection float, and net float? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations.)   a. Disbursement float ______ a. Collection float ______ a. Net float ______   b. Disbursement float ______ b. Collection float ______ b. Net float ______

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Each business day, on average, a company writes checks totaling $19,500 to pay its suppliers. The usual clearing time for the checks is four days. Meanwhile, the company is receiving payments from its customers each day in the form of checks totaling $24,600. The cash from the payments is available to the firm after two days.

 

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Calculate the company’s disbursement float, collection float, and net float. (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. )

b. If the collected funds were available in one day instead of two, what would be the company's disbursement float, collection float, and net float? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations.)

 

a. Disbursement float ______
a. Collection float ______
a. Net float ______
 
b. Disbursement float ______
b. Collection float ______
b. Net float ______
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