Financial Accounting
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259222139
Author: Robert Libby, Patricia Libby, Frank Hodge Ch
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.1CP
Finding Financial Information
LO1-1
Refer to the financial statements of American Eagle Outfitters in Appendix B at the end of this book.
Required:
Skim the annual report. Look at the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement closely and attempt to infer what kinds of information they report. Then answer the following questions based on the report.
- 1. What types of products does American Eagle Outfitters sell?
- 2. On what date does American Eagle Outfitters’s most recent reporting year end?
- 3. For how many years does it present complete
- a. Balance sheets?
- b. Income statements?
- c. Cash flow statements?
- 4. Are its financial statements audited by independent CPAs? How do you know?
- 5. Did its total assets increase or decrease over the last year?
- 6. How much inventory (in dollars) did the company have as of January 31, 2015 (accountants would call this the ending balance)?
- 7. Write out the basic accounting (balance sheet) equation and provide the values in dollars reported by the company as of January 31, 2015.
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Chapter 1 Solutions
Financial Accounting
Ch. 1 - Define accounting.Ch. 1 - Briefly distinguish financial accounting from...Ch. 1 - Prob. 3QCh. 1 - Prob. 4QCh. 1 - Prob. 5QCh. 1 - Complete the following: Name of Statement...Ch. 1 - What information should be included in the heading...Ch. 1 - What are the purposes of (a) the income statement,...Ch. 1 - Explain why the income statement and the statement...Ch. 1 - Prob. 10Q
Ch. 1 - Prob. 11QCh. 1 - Explain the equation for the income statement....Ch. 1 - Explain the equation for the balance sheet. Define...Ch. 1 - Explain the equation for the statement of cash...Ch. 1 - Explain the equation for retained earnings....Ch. 1 - The financial statements discussed in this chapter...Ch. 1 - Prob. 17QCh. 1 - Prob. 18QCh. 1 - (Supplement A) Briefly differentiate between a...Ch. 1 - Prob. 20QCh. 1 - Which of the following is not one of the four...Ch. 1 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 1 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 1 - Which of the following regarding retained earnings...Ch. 1 - Which of the following is not one of the four...Ch. 1 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 1 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 1 - Which of the following is true regarding the...Ch. 1 - Prob. 9MCQCh. 1 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 1 - Matching Elements with Financial Statements M1-1...Ch. 1 - Matching Financial Statement Items to Financial...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.3MECh. 1 - Prob. 1.1ECh. 1 - Matching Financial Statement Items to Financial...Ch. 1 - Matching Financial Statement Items to Financial...Ch. 1 - Preparing a Balance Sheet Honda Motor Corporation...Ch. 1 - Completing a Balance Sheet and Inferring Net...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.6ECh. 1 - Preparing an Income Statement and Inferring...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.8ECh. 1 - Inferring Values Using the Income Statement and...Ch. 1 - Inferring Values Using the Income Statement and...Ch. 1 - Preparing an Income Statement and Balance Sheet...Ch. 1 - Preparing an Income Statement and Balance Sheet...Ch. 1 - Preparing a Statement of Stockholders Equity...Ch. 1 - Focus on Cash Flows: Matching Cash Flow Statement...Ch. 1 - Preparing an Income Statement, Statement of...Ch. 1 - Analyzing a Student's Business and Preparing an...Ch. 1 - Comparing Income with Cash Flow (Challenging)...Ch. 1 - Evaluating Data to Support a Loan Application...Ch. 1 - Preparing an Income Statement, Statement of...Ch. 1 - Analyzing a Students Business and Preparing an...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.3APCh. 1 - Prob. 1.1CONCh. 1 - Finding Financial Information LO1-1 Refer to the...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.2CPCh. 1 - Comparing Companies within an Industry Refer to...Ch. 1 - Using Financial Reports: Identifying and...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.5CPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.6CPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.7CP
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