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MDM Inc. is considering factoring its receivables. The firm has credit sales of $550 comma 000 per month and has an average receivables balance of $1 comma 100 comma 000 with 60-day credit terms. The factor has offered to extend credit equal to 89 percent of the receivables factored less interest on the loan at a rate of 1.6 percent per month. The 11 percent difference in the advance and the face value of all receivables factored consists of a 2 percent factoring fee plus a 9 percent reserve, which the factor maintains. In addition, if MDM Inc. decides to factor its receivables, it will sell them all, so that it can reduce its credit department costs by $1 comma 500 a month. a. What is the cost of borrowing the maximum amount of credit available to MDM Inc. through the factoring agreement? Note: Assume a 30-day month and 360-day year. b. What considerations other than cost should MDM Inc. account for in determining whether to enter the factoring agreement? The cost of borrowing the maximum amount of credit available to MDM Inc. through the factoring agreement is nothing%. (Round to two decimal places.)