If a Company Can Implement Cash Management Systems and Save

question 44

Multiple Choice

If a company can implement cash management systems and save three days by reducing remittance time and one day by increasing disbursement time based on $2,000,000 in average daily remittances and $2,500,000 in average daily disbursements and their return on freed-up funds is 10%, what is the maximum that they should spend on the system?

• A)$2,000,000
• B)$650,000
• C)$850,000
• D)$1,000,000

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Definitions:

Present Value

The valuation of an expected income stream determined by discounting the future income to the present using a discount rate.

Income Stream

A regular flow of money from an investment, property, or other financial assets.

Real Interest Rate

The interest rate adjusted for inflation, reflecting the real cost of borrowing or the real yield on savings.

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