Anne Teak, the financial manager of a furniture manufacturer, is considering operating a lock-box system. She forecasts that 700 payments a day will be made to lock boxes with an average payment size of $3,500. The bank’s charge for operating the lock boxes is $0.50 a check. The interest rate is 0.011% per day.   a. If the lock box makes the cash available 2 days earlier, calculate the net daily advantage of the system. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Natalie decides to buy a poodle print. A poodle print is bought for 24 monthly payments of $200. What is the equivalent cash price if the rate is 18% compounded monthly and the first payment is made one month after the purchase? (Remember: Cash = Now)

You are looking for a bank in which to open a checking account for your new part-time business. You estimate that in the first year, you will be writing 30 checks per month and will make three debit transactions per month. Your average daily balance is estimated to be $900 for the first six months and $2,400 for the next six months. Use the following information to solve the problem. Bank Monthly Fees and Conditions Bank 1 $16.00 with $1,000 min. daily balance-or-$25.00 under $1,000 min. daily balance Bank 2 $4.50 plus $0.40 per check over 10 checks monthly$1.00 per debit transaction Bank 3 $5 plus $0.25 per check$2.00 per debit transaction Bank 4 $8 plus $0.15 per check$1.50 per debit transaction (a) Calculate the cost (in $) of doing business with each bank for a year.   Bank 1   Bank 2   Bank 3   Bank 4   (b) Which bank should you choose for your checking account? Bank 1 Bank 2     Bank 3 Bank 4

Jim Hayes wants to buy some electronic equipment for $800. Jim has decided to save uniformamount at the end of each month so that after 12 months he will have the required $800. If theinterest rate is 0.5% per month (a) Construct a cash flow diagram (b) determine how much Jim has to deposit each month by using tabulated factors