A firm offers terms of 1/10, net 30. What effective annual interest rate does the firm earn
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A firm offers terms of 1/10, net 30. 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 2 percent.
b. The credit period is increased to 60 days.
c. The discount period is increased to 15 days.
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