Assume firm A wants to borrow float while firm B wants to borrow fixed. Firm A is offered 10% fixed borrowing cost and LIBOR + 0.3% float borrowing cost while firm B is offered 11.2% fixed borrowing cost and LIBOR + 1% float borrowing cost.

1. Show how the two firms can reduce their borrowing costs equallyby entering into an interest rate plain vanilla swap? Use a tableto demonstrate your solution
2. If the agreed-upon notional amount is $100m (no need to know the swap tenor), how much each party annually pays the other in absolute amounts? (assume that the LIBOR = 5%). Showyour answer in a table similar to that in (a) solution