A manager must make a decision on shipping. There are two shippers, A and B. Both offer a two-day rate: A for $504 and B for $526. In addition, A offers a three-day rate of $472 and a nine-day rate of $410, and B offers a four-day rate of $452 and a seven-day rate of $428. Annual holding costs are 30 percent of unit price. Three hundred and sixty boxes are to be shipped, and each box has a price of $150. Which shipping alternative would you recommend? (Round your intermediate calculations to 3 decimal places and final answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) A B
Option Cost Option Cost
2 days $ 2 days $
3 days $ 4 days $
9 days $ 7 days $
a. Ship two-day using A
b. Ship three-day using A
c. Ship two-day using B
d. Ship four-day using B
e. Ship seven-day using B

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Ummit record company is negotiating with two banks for a $157,000 loan. fidelity bank requires a compensating balance of 24 percent, discounts the loan, and wants to be paid back in four quarterly payments. southwest bank requires a compensating balance of 12 percent, does not discount the loan, but wants to be paid back in 12 monthly installments. the stated rate for both banks is 9 percent. compensating balances will be subtracted from the $157,000 in determining the available funds in part a. a-1. calculate the effective interest rate for fidelity bank and southwest bank. (do not round intermediate calculations. input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) a-2. which loan should summit accept? southwest bank fidelity bank b. recompute the effective cost of interest, assuming that summit ordinarily maintains $37,680 at each bank in deposits that will serve as compensating balances

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