Bravo Corporation recently issued 270-day commercial paper with a face value of $2,000,000 and a simple interest rate of 11 percent. The company paid a transaction fee equal to 0.4 percent of the issue, which was taken out of the issue amount before the company received any funds. Assuming there are 360 days in a year, what is the commercial paper's effective annual rate (rEAR)?

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The Answer of Bravo Corporation recently issued 270-day commercial paper with a face value of $2,000,000 and a simple interest rate of 11 percent. The company paid a transaction fee equal to 0.4 percent of the issue, which was taken out of the issue amount before the company received any funds. Assuming there are 360 days in a year, what is the commercial paper's effective annual rate (rEAR)?

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