Hildegarde Inc. is considering a change in its cash-only sales policy. The new terms of sale would be net one month. The requiredreturn is 0.95% per month.Price per unitLost per unitUnit sales per monthNPVCurrent PolicyS$639$4951,240New Policy$$Calculate the NPV of the decision to switch. (Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round the answer to 2 decimal places. Omit"$" sign In your response. Negative answer should be Indicated by a minus sign.)6.304951,310

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