See the cash flow statement LOADING... (all values in thousands of dollars) (see MyLab Finance for the data in Excel format):a. What were the company's cumulative earnings over these four quarters? What were its cumulative cash flows from operating activities?b. What fraction of the cash from operating activities was used for investment over the four quarters?c. What fraction of the cash from operating activities was used for financing activities over the four quarters?a. What were the company's cumulative earnings over these four quarters? The cumulative earnings were $enter your response here (000). (Round to the nearest integer.) Part 2What were its cumulative cash flows from operating activities?The cumulative cash flows from the operating activities were $enter your response here (000). (Round to the nearest integer.) b. What fraction of the cash from operating activities was used for investment over the four quarters?The fraction of the cash from operating activities used for investment was enter your response here%. (Round to two decimal places.)Part 4c. What fraction of the cash from operating activities was used for financing activities over the four quarters?The fraction of the cash from operating activities used for financing activities was enter your response here%. See the cash flow statement (all values in thousands of dollars) (see MyLab Finance for the data in Excel format):a. What were the company's cumulative earnings over these four quarters? What were its cumulative cash flows from operating activities?b. What fraction of the cash from operating activities was used for investment over the four quarters?c. What fraction of the cash from operating activities was used for financing activities over the four quarters?a. What were the company's cumulative earnings over these four quarters?The cumulative earnings were $ (000). (Round to the nearest integer.)What were its cumulative cash flows from operating activities?The cumulative cash flows from the operating activities were $ (000). (Round to the nearest integer.)b. What fraction of the cash from operating activities was used for investment over the four quarters?The fraction of the cash from operating activities used for investment was %. (Round to two decimal places.)c. What fraction of the cash from operating activities was used for financing activities over the four quarters?The fraction of the cash from operating activities used for financing activities was %. (Round to two decimal places.) Data tableQuarter ($ 000)21Net IncomeOperating Activities, Cash Flows Provided By or Used In276,710228,964194,062218,532Depreciation69,99775,73374,57073,173Adjustments to net income14,359(13,142)48,826(47,993)Changes in accounts receivable(38,869)(53,218)100,732(84,711)Changes in liabilities82,816(111,577)201,72539,949Changes in inventories(195,186)(114,121)85,02857,681Changes in other operating activities17,675(26,574)12,692(2,097)Total Cash Flow from Operating Activities227,502(13,935)717,635254,534Investing Activities, Cash Flows Provided By or Used InCapital expenditures(82,584)(41,634)(100,109)(69,170)Investments(5,465)(108,903)5,465(93,153)(58,069)(48,330)Other cash flows from investing activities73220,652Total Cash Flows from Investing Activities(196,952)(35,437)(251,331)(96,848)Financing Activities, Cash Flows Provided By or Used InDividends paid(131,483)(131,333)(119,452)(121,404)Sale or purchase of stock78,7741,210(76,807)(79,288)Net borrowings515.709114.766(283,696)64,885Other cash flows from financing activities(282)2,000(46,234)(526,189)32,80739,763Total Cash Flows from Financing Activities462,718(13,357)(96,044)Effect of exchange rate changes(119,960)(610)6,890Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents373,308(63,339)(27,078)68,532

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See the cash flow statement LOADING... (all values in thousands of dollars) (see MyLab Finance for the data in Excel format):a. What were the company's cumulative earnings over these four quarters? What were its cumulative cash flows from operating activities?b. What fraction of the cash from operating activities was used for investment over the four quarters?c. What fraction of the cash from operating activities was used for financing activities over the four quarters?a. What were the company's cumulative earnings over these four quarters? The cumulative earnings were $enter your response here (000).  (Round to the nearest integer.) Part 2What were its cumulative cash flows from operating activities?The cumulative cash flows from the operating activities were $enter your response here (000).  (Round to the nearest integer.) b. What fraction of the cash from operating activities was used for investment over the four quarters?The fraction of the cash from operating activities used for investment was enter your response here%.  (Round to two decimal places.)Part 4c. What fraction of the cash from operating activities was used for financing activities over the four quarters?The fraction of the cash from operating activities used for financing activities was enter your response here%. See the cash flow statement (all values in thousands of dollars) (see MyLab Finance for the data in Excel format):a. What were the company's cumulative earnings over these four quarters? What were its cumulative cash flows from operating activities?b. What fraction of the cash from operating activities was used for investment over the four quarters?c. What fraction of the cash from operating activities was used for financing activities over the four quarters?a. What were the company's cumulative earnings over these four quarters?The cumulative earnings were $ (000). (Round to the nearest integer.)What were its cumulative cash flows from operating activities?The cumulative cash flows from the operating activities were $ (000). (Round to the nearest integer.)b. What fraction of the cash from operating activities was used for investment over the four quarters?The fraction of the cash from operating activities used for investment was %. (Round to two decimal places.)c. What fraction of the cash from operating activities was used for financing activities over the four quarters?The fraction of the cash from operating activities used for financing activities was %. (Round to two decimal places.) Data tableQuarter ($ 000)21Net IncomeOperating Activities, Cash Flows Provided By or Used In276,710228,964194,062218,532Depreciation69,99775,73374,57073,173Adjustments to net income14,359(13,142)48,826(47,993)Changes in accounts receivable(38,869)(53,218)100,732(84,711)Changes in liabilities82,816(111,577)201,72539,949Changes in inventories(195,186)(114,121)85,02857,681Changes in other operating activities17,675(26,574)12,692(2,097)Total Cash Flow from Operating Activities227,502(13,935)717,635254,534Investing Activities, Cash Flows Provided By or Used InCapital expenditures(82,584)(41,634)(100,109)(69,170)Investments(5,465)(108,903)5,465(93,153)(58,069)(48,330)Other cash flows from investing activities73220,652Total Cash Flows from Investing Activities(196,952)(35,437)(251,331)(96,848)Financing Activities, Cash Flows Provided By or Used InDividends paid(131,483)(131,333)(119,452)(121,404)Sale or purchase of stock78,7741,210(76,807)(79,288)Net borrowings515.709114.766(283,696)64,885Other cash flows from financing activities(282)2,000(46,234)(526,189)32,80739,763Total Cash Flows from Financing Activities462,718(13,357)(96,044)Effect of exchange rate changes(119,960)(610)6,890Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents373,308(63,339)(27,078)68,532

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Cashflow means movement of cash and this movement can be positive or negative. Positive movement…