Financial accounting Your firm has an average collection period of 38 days. The current practiceis to factor all receivables immediately at a 2 percent discount.What is the effective cost of borrowing in this case? Assume that default isextremely unlikely.

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Your firm has an average collection period of 38 days. The current practice is to factor all receivables immediately at a 2 percent discount. What is the effective cost of borrowing in this case? Assume that default is extremely unlikely.