Financial Management: Theory & Practice
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ISBN: 9781337909730
Author: Brigham
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 16, Problem 8P
Captain Whitman Ship Supplies offers terms of 3/15, net 45.
- a. If a purchaser takes the discount and pays on the 10th day, what is the nominal cost of trade credit?
- b. Now suppose a purchaser actually pays on the 20th day but still takes the discount. What is the actual nominal cost of the trade credit?
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