A store will give a 2.5% disount on the cost of purchase if you pay cash today. The payment is due in 1 month. What is the implicit borrowing rate for clients that defer their payment for 1 month? The effective annual rate? Discouunt 0.015 Months 12 Quarterly Rate 0.00125 Effective Annual interest rate 19.56% 1+0.015^12-1=wrong. how do I calculate the effective annual rate correctly?

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A store will give a 2.5% disount on the cost of purchase if you pay cash today. The payment is due in 1 month. What is the implicit borrowing rate for clients that defer their payment for 1 month? The effective annual rate?

Discouunt 0.015
Months 12
Quarterly Rate 0.00125
Effective Annual interest rate 19.56%

1+0.015^12-1=wrong. how do I calculate the effective annual rate correctly?

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