Financial Accounting (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134127620
Author: Walter T. Harrison Jr., Charles T. Horngren, C. William Thomas, Wendy M. Tietz
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.10S
LO 4
(Learning Objective 4: Explain aspects of financial statements) Apply your understanding of the relationships among the financial statements to answer these questions.
- a. How can a business earn large profits but have a small balance of
retained earnings ? - b. Give two reasons why a business can have a steady stream of net income over a five-year period and still experience a cash shortage
- c. If you could pick a single source of cash for your business, what would it be? Why?
- d. How can a business be unprofitable several years in a row and still have plenty of cash?
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S1-10. (Learning Objective 4: Explain aspects of financial statements) Apply yourunderstanding of the relationships among the financial statements to answer thesequestions.a. How can a business earn large profits but have a small balance of retained earnings?b. Give two reasons why a business can have a steady stream of net income over a fiveyear period and still experience a cash shortage.c. If you could pick a single source of cash for your business, what would it be? Why?d. How can a business be unprofitable several years in a row and still have plenty of cash?
Direction: Identify what describes the following statement. Write your answer on the blank before the number.
____________________1. It pertains to the state of one’s personal monetary affairs.
____________________2. It measures the ability to generate earnings from its resources or investments.
____________________3. It measures the ability to generate profit that ensures to pay business expenses and maintain a long-term financial success of the business.
____________________4. It measures the ability of the company to settle its short term debts.
____________________ 5. It measures how the business manage its assets or resources to produce output without wastage.
____________________6. It presents the financial statement amounts as a percentage of a base number.
____________________7. It is used to evaluate a number of issues with an entity, such as its liquidity, efficiency of operations, and profitability.
____________________8. These users of financial information are…
I. Direction: Identify what describes the following statement. Write your answer on the blank before the number.
____________________1. It pertains to the state of one’s personal monetary affairs.____________________2. It measures the ability to generate earnings from its resources or investments.
____________________3. It measures the ability to generate profit that ensures to pay business expenses and maintain a long-term financial success of the business.
____________________4. It measures the ability of the company to settle its short term debts.
____________________ 5. It measures how the business manage its assets or resources to produce output without wastage.
____________________6. It presents the financial statement amounts as a percentage of a base number.
____________________7. It is used to evaluate a number of issues with an entity, such as its liquidity, efficiency of operations, and profitability.
____________________8. These users of financial information are interested…
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Financial Accounting (11th Edition)
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