Come and Go Bank offers your firm a discount interest loan with an interest rate of 8 percent for up to $24 million, and in addition requires you to maintain a 1 percent compensating balance against the face amount borrowed.
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What is the effective annual interest rate on this lending arrangement? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)
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