Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781305088436
Author: Carl Warren, Jim Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 11, Problem 23E
The current assets and current liabilities for Apple Inc. and Dell, Inc., are as follows at the end of a recent fiscal period:
*These represent prepaid expense and other nonquick current assets.
- a. Determine the quick ratio for both companies. (Round to one decimal place.)
- b. Interpret the quick ratio difference between the two companies.
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