Initiating a cash discount Gardner Company currently makes all sales on credit and offers no cash discount. The firm is considering offering a 3% cash discount for payment within 15 days. The firm's current average collection period is 60 days, sales are 40,000 units, selling price is $44 per unit, and variable cost per unit is $34. The firm expects that the change in credit terms will result in an increase in sales to 41,000 units, that 70% of the sales will take the discount, and that the average collection period will fall to 30 days. If the firm's required rate of return on equal-risk investments is 10%, should the proposed discount be offered? (Note: Assume a 365-day year.) The additional profit contribution from additional sales i (Round to the nearest dollar.) The amount of cost that will be saved due to the reduction in average AVF (Round to the nearest dollar.) The cost of extending the cash discount to customer is \& (Round to the nearest dollar.) The net profit from the proposed cash discount is (Round to the nearest dollar.) Should the proposed cash discount be offered? (Select the best answer below. T No