Chapter 3: Q8DQ (page 219)
What are the 5 Cs of credit that are sometimes used by bankers and others to determine whether a potential loan will be repaid?
The five C’s of credit are character, capital, capacity, conditions, and collateral.
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Biochemical Corp. requires $550,000 in financing over the next three years. The firm can borrow the funds for three years at 10.60 percent interest per year. The CEO decides to do a forecast and predicts that if she utilizes short-term financing instead, she will pay 8.75 percent interest in the first year, 13.25 percent interest in the second year, and 10.15 percent interest in the third year. Determine the total interest cost under each plan. Which plan is less costly?
What does the term structure of interest rates indicate?
Nowlin Pipe & Steel has projected sales of 72,000 pipes this year, an ordering cost of \(6 per order, and carrying costs of \)2.40 per pipe.
a. What is the economic ordering quantity?
Boatler Used Cadillac Co. requires $850,000 in financing over the next two years. The firm can borrow the funds for two years at 12 percent interest per year. Mr. Boatler decides to do forecasting and predicts that if he utilizes short term financing instead, he will pay 7.75 percent interest in the first year and 13.55 percent interest in the second year. Determine the total two-year interest cost under each plan. Which plan is less costly?
Eastern Auto Parts Inc. has 15 percent of its sales paid for in cash and 85 percent on credit. All credit accounts are collected in the following month. Assume the following sales:
January | \(65,000 |
February | \)55,000 |
March | \(100,000 |
April | \)45,000 |
Sales in December of the prior year were $75,000. Prepare a cash receipts schedule for January through April.
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