Firms usually offer their customers some form of trade credit. This allowance comes with certain terms of credit, which affect the cost of asset of sale for the buyer as well as the seller.

Consider this case:

Green Moose Industries buys most of its raw materials from a single supplier. This supplier sells to Green Moose on terms of $4/15,$ net

$30.$

The cost per period of the trade credit extended to Green Moose, rounded to two decimal places, is $4\mathrm{.}17\%.$

Green Moose's trade credit has a nominal annual cost of $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_(119\mathrm{.}73\%,113\mathrm{.}65\%,101\mathrm{.}47\%,$ OR $125\mathrm{.}82\%)$ assuming a $365-$day year. $($Note: Round all intermediate calculations to fourdecimal places, and your final answer to two decimal places.$)$

The effective annual rate $($EAR$)$ of the supplier's trade credit is $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_(211\mathrm{.}09\%,170\mathrm{.}23\%,183\mathrm{.}85\%,200\mathrm{.}87\%)$

If Green Moose Industries's supplier shortens its discount period to five days, this will INCREASE$/$DECREASE the cost of the trade credit.