(Cost of short-term financing) The R Motrin Construction Company needs to borrow $90,000 to help finance the cost of a new 5126.000 hydraulic crane used in the firm's commercial construction business. The crane will pay for itself in 1 year, and the firm is considering the following alternatives for financing its purchase Alternative A-The firm's bank has agreed to lend the $90,000 at a rate of 13 percent. Interest would be discounted, and a 16 percent compensating balance would be required However the compensating-balance requirement would not be binding on R. Morin because the firm normaly maintains a minimum demand deposit (checking account balance of $22 500 in the bank Alternative B --The equipment dealet has agreed to finance the equipment with a 1 year loan The $90,000 loan would require payment of principal and interest totaling $104,958, a. Which alternative should R. Morin select? bull the bank's compensating balance requirement were to necessitate idle demand deposits equal to 16 percent of the loan, what affect would this have on the cost of the bank loan alternative? (Cost of short-term financing) The R Motrin Construction Company needs to borrow $90,000 to help finance the cost of a new 5126.000 hydraulic crane used in the firm's commercial construction business. The crane will pay for itself in 1 year, and the firm is considering the following alternatives for financing its purchase Alternative A-The firm's bank has agreed to lend the $90,000 at a rate of 13 percent. Interest would be discounted, and a 16 percent compensating balance would be required However the compensating-balance requirement would not be binding on R. Morin because the firm normaly maintains a minimum demand deposit (checking account balance of $22 500 in the bank Alternative B --The equipment dealet has agreed to finance the equipment with a 1 year loan The $90,000 loan would require payment of principal and interest totaling $104,958, a. Which alternative should R. Morin select? bull the bank's compensating balance requirement were to necessitate idle demand deposits equal to 16 percent of the loan, what affect would this have on the cost of the bank loan alternative