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Your bank offers $3-$year certificates of deposit with a stated rate of interest of $13\mathrm{.}17\%$ p$.$a$.,$ compounded quarterly. Your cousin $($who works at Acme Bank and Trust, a competitor$)$ wants to know what stated rate of interest you would require from them in order to switch your business to their bank. Acme's CD$\text{'}$s are compounded on a monthly basis. What is the minimum stated interest rate you should ask for from Acme in order to make you indifferent to switching?

Record your answer as a percent, rounded to two decimal places, but do not include a percent sign in your answer. For example, enter $0\mathrm{.}1571658=15\mathrm{.}71625\%$ as $15\mathrm{.}72.$

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