A firm sells its accounts receivables to a factor at a 1.5% discount. The average collection period is 1 month. What is the implicit effective annual interest rate on the factoring arrangement? Suppose the month average collection period is 1.5 months. How does this affect the average implicit effective annual interest rate?

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Discount to factor! Average collection Average collection 1.50% 1.00 month 1.50 month