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  • November 16, 2014 at 11:44 am #210413
    Ashwin
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    ABC Co offers an early settlement discount of 2% to its customers if they pay cash instead of taking 60 days’ credit

    what is the annualised % cost of this discount to ABC?

    A 12%
    B 13%
    C 6%
    D 18%

    sir I have done like this
    assume invoice 100$
    without discount – 60days –> $100
    with discount –> immediately today –> $98

    2/98 * 365/60 = 12.4%

    but BPP is giving answer 13%
    and does it like this (100/100-2) ^ 365/60 – 1 = 13%

    clear me John

    November 16, 2014 at 4:46 pm #210481
    John Moffat
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    The BPP approach is strictly more correct.

    (In the past it has only been asked twice as a tiny part of a question, and both times the examiner said that he would accept the ‘simple’ approach. Now, with the introduction of MCQ’s it is more important to do it the ‘strict’ way, and I must change the lecture.)

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