Hot Dog World is able to raise funds by issuing commercial paper with a face value of $500,000. If commercial paper is issued, the simple interest rate will be 4.5%, the time maturity woul dbe 90 days, and the compnay woul dhave tp pay a transaction fee equal to 0.75% of the issue which would be taken out of the issue amount. Compute the commercial paper's APR and rEAR.

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Hot Dog World is able to raise funds by issuing commercial paper with a face value of $500,000. If commercial paper is issued, the simple interest rate will be 4.5%, the time maturity woul dbe 90 days, and the compnay woul dhave tp pay a transaction fee equal to 0.75% of the issue which would be taken out of the issue amount. Compute the commercial paper's APR and rEAR. 

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