Each business day, on
average, a company writes checks totaling $37,500 to pay its
suppliers. The usual clearing time for the checks is six days.
Meanwhile, the company is receiving payments from its customers
each day, in the form of checks, totaling $48,500. The cash from
the payments is available to the firm after four days.
a. Calculate the company’s disbursement float,
collection float, and net float. (A negative answer should
be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate
calculations and round your answers to the nearest whole number,
e.g., 32.)
| Disbursement float | $ |
| Collection float | $ |
| Net float | $ |
b. Calculate the company's disbursement float,
collection float, and net float, if the collected funds were
available in two days instead of four. (A negative answer
should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate
calculations and round your answers to the nearest whole number,
e.g., 32.)
| Disbursement float | $ |
| Collection float | $ |
| Net float | $ |
Each business day, on average, a company writes checks totaling $37,500 to pay its suppliers. The...