Anne Teak, the financial manager of a furniture manufacturer, is considering operating a lock-box system. She forecasts that 600 payments a day will be made to lock boxes with an average payment size of $2,000. The banks charge for operating the lock boxes is $0.40 a check. The interest rate is 0.013% per day. a. If the lock box makes the cash available 2 days earlier, calculate the net daily advantage of the system. (Do not round intermediate calculations.) b. Is it worthwhile to adopt the system? multiple choice Yes No c. What minimum reduction in the time to collect and process each check is needed to justify use of the lock-box system?