A firm offers terms of 2/15, net 40. What effective annual interest rate does the firm earn

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A firm offers terms of 2/15, net 40. What effective annual interest rate does the firm earn when a customer does not take the discount? Without doing any calculations, explain what will happen to this effective rate if:
a. The discount is changed to 3 percent.
b. The credit period is increased to 60 days.
c. The discount period is decreased to 20 days.
d. What is the EAR for each scenario?

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Essentials Of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9780073382463

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Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Bradford Jordan

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