JBL Wishes to Cap Its Variable Borrowing Rate at 10

question 47

Multiple Choice

JBL wishes to cap its variable borrowing rate at 10.5%.To facilitate this,JBL's bank requires a premium of 0.3%.If the market reset interest rate is currently 9.6%,what is the rate of interest that JBL is paying to the bank?

• A)9.9%
• B)9.6%
• C)10.5%
• D)10.8%

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