Corporate Finance
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ISBN: 9780132992473
Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 26, Problem 14P
Your firm purchases goods from its supplier on terms of 3/15, Net 40.
- a. What is the effective annual cost to your firm if it chooses not to take the discount and makes its payment on day 40?
- b. What is the effective annual cost to your firm if it chooses not to take the discount and makes its payment on day 50?
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