our firm has an average receipt size of $120. A bank has approached you concerning a lockbox service that will decrease your total collection time by two days. You typically receive 6,800 checks per day. The daily interest rate is .017 percent. The bank charges a lockbox fee of $170 per day.

a.	What is the NPV of accepting the lockbox agreement? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
b.	What would the net annual savings be if the service were adopted? (Use 365 days a year. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)