Financial Accounting (12th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)
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ISBN: 9780134725987
Author: C. William Thomas, Wendy M. Tietz, Walter T. Harrison Jr.
Publisher: PEARSON
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- 1. If you know the assets and the equity of a business, how can you measure its liabilities? Give the equation.
- 2. Use the accounting equation to show how to determine the amount of a company’s stockholders’ equity. How would your answer change if you were analyzing your own household?
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Financial Accounting (12th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)
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