orp. currently has sales P2,000,000, and its days sales outstanding is 2 weeks. The financial manager estimates that offering longer credit terms would increase the days sales outstanding to 3 weeks and increase the sales by 50%. However, Bad Debts losses, which were 1% on the old sales, would amount to 2% only on incremental sales. Variable Cost is 70% of sales. Pedro Corp. has a 10% receivable financing cost. Use 360 days per year. Explain each item. A. W

orp. currently has sales P2,000,000, and its days sales outstanding is 2 weeks. The financial manager estimates that offering longer credit terms would increase the days sales outstanding to 3 weeks and increase the sales by 50%. However, Bad Debts losses, which were 1% on the old sales, would amount to 2% only on incremental sales. Variable Cost is 70% of sales. Pedro Corp. has a 10% receivable financing cost. Use 360 days per year. Explain each item. A. W

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