Currently, Your fiRm Requires 3 Days to Process the Checks

Currently, your firm requires 3 days to process the checks which customers mail in to pay for their credit purchases. The average mail time associated with these payments is 5 days and the check
Clearing time is 2.5 days. If your firm adopts a lockbox system, the mail time will be cut in half. In
Addition, if employees are reassigned, checks could be processed in 2 days. How long will your
Collection time be if both the lockbox system and the job reassignments are implemented?

A) 6.0 days
B) 6.5 days
C) 7.0 days
D) 7.5 days
E) 9.5 days