Each business day, on average, a company writes checks totaling $37,500 to pay its suppliers. The usual clearing time for the checks is six days. Meanwhile, the company is receiving payments from its customers each day, in the form of checks, totaling $48,500. The cash from the payments is available to the firm after four 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 and round your answers to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.) b. Calculate the company's disbursement float, collection float, and net float, if the collected funds were available in two days instead of four. (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.)
Each business day, on average, a company writes checks totaling $37,500 to pay its suppliers. The usual clearing time for the checks is six days. Meanwhile, the company is receiving payments from its customers each day, in the form of checks, totaling $48,500. The cash from the payments is available to the firm after four 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 and round your answers to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.) b. Calculate the company's disbursement float, collection float, and net float, if the collected funds were available in two days instead of four. (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.)
Chapter17: The Management Of Cash And Marketable Securities
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Each business day, on average, a company writes checks totaling $37,500 to pay its suppliers. The usual clearing time for the checks is six days. Meanwhile, the company is receiving payments from its customers each day, in the form of checks, totaling $48,500. The cash from the payments is available to the firm after four 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 and round your answers to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.) |
b. | Calculate the company's disbursement float, collection float, and net float, if the collected funds were available in two days instead of four. (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.) |
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