As treasurer of the Universal Bed Corporation, Aristotle Procrustes is worried about his bad debt ratio, which is currently running at 6.7%. He believes that imposing a more stringent credit policy might reduce sales by 5% and reduce the bad debt ratio to 4.7%. Assume current sales are $100.
a. If the cost of goods sold is 73% of the selling price, what is the expected profit on the current credit policy?(Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
b. If the cost of goods sold is 73% of the selling price, what is the expected profit on the more stringent credit policy?(Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
c. Should Mr. Procrustes adopt the more stringent policy?
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