Question

Assuming a 360-day year, proceeds of $48,750 were received from discounting a $50,000, 90-day note at a bank. The discount rate used by the bank in computing the proceeds was

Answer 1

Answer:

the discount rate should be 10%

Explanation:

The computation of the discount rate should be given below:

The Amount of discount is is

= $50,000 - $48,750

= $ 1,250

The $1,250 should be for 90 days.

So for 360 days, it should be

= $1,250 × 4

= $5,000.

And, the discount rate is

= $5,000 ÷ 50,000 × 100

= 10%

Hence, the discount rate should be 10%