Bulldogs Inc. is a retail mail order firm that currently uses a centralized collection system that requires all checks to be sent to its flotation headquarters. An average of 6 days is required for mailed checks to be received, 3 days for Bulldogs Inc. to process them, and 2 days for the checks to clear through its bank. A proposed lockbox system would decrease the mailing and processing time to 2 days and the check clearing time for 1 day. Bulldogs Inc. has an average daily collection of P250,000. If Bulldogs Inc. adopts this proposed lockbox system, its average cash balance will increase by A. P750,000 B. P1,200,000 C. P2,000,000 D. P450,000

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Bulldogs Inc. is a retail mail order firm that currently uses a centralized collection system that requires all checks to be sent to its flotation headquarters. An average of 6 days is required for mailed checks to be received, 3 days for Bulldogs Inc. to process them, and 2 days for the checks to clear through its bank. A proposed lockbox system would decrease the mailing and processing time to 2 days and the check clearing time for 1 day. Bulldogs Inc. has an average daily collection of P250,000. If Bulldogs Inc. adopts this proposed lockbox system, its average cash balance will increase by

A. P750,000

B. P1,200,000

C. P2,000,000

D. P450,000

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