JAB Consulting received a promissory note of $18,500 at 8% simple interest for 15 months from one of its customers. After 6 months, Grove Isle Bank discounted the note at a discount rate of 5% Calculate the proceeds that JAB Consulting will receive from the discounted note.

Essentials Of Investments
11th Edition
ISBN:9781260013924
Author:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Chapter1: Investments: Background And Issues
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1PS
icon
Related questions
Topic Video
Question
JAB Consulting received a promissory note of $18,500 at 8% simple interest for 15 months from one of its customers. After 6 months, Grove Isle Bank discounted the note at a discount rate of 5% Calculate the proceeds that JAB Consulting will receive from the discounted note.
Step 1
When a promissory note is sold before maturity, it is said to be discounted. The maturity value represents the total amount of money a promissory note will be worth after interest has accrued.
The maturity value is calculated as follows where the rate is expressed as a decimal and the time is a fraction whose numerator is the given amount of time in months and denominator is 12 months.
maturity value = principal(1 + rate ✕ time)
The rate was given to be 8%. As a decimal, we have 
8% =  .
Find the maturity value (in $) for the promissory note of $18,500 at 8% interest for 15 months.
maturity value  =  principal(1 + rate ✕ time)
   =  18,500
 
1 +  ✕ 
15
12
 
 
   = 
Expert Solution
steps

Step by step

Solved in 3 steps

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Completing the Accounting Cycle
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, finance and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
  • SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Essentials Of Investments
Essentials Of Investments
Finance
ISBN:
9781260013924
Author:
Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:
Mcgraw-hill Education,
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
Finance
ISBN:
9781260013962
Author:
BREALEY
Publisher:
RENT MCG
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Finance
ISBN:
9781337909730
Author:
Brigham
Publisher:
Cengage
Foundations Of Finance
Foundations Of Finance
Finance
ISBN:
9780134897264
Author:
KEOWN, Arthur J., Martin, John D., PETTY, J. William
Publisher:
Pearson,
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…
Finance
ISBN:
9781337395250
Author:
Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…
Finance
ISBN:
9780077861759
Author:
Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education