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ABC Corporation has annual cash demand of 3,000,000 for a fund set aside for operating expenses. The cost to transfer funds into this account is 500 each time. If cash was not placed into this fund, it would have earned 4% annually. Its current policy is to transfer 125,000 every 15 days. What is the increase/ decrease in income if the Optimum Cash Balance model was applied to this account?
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