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a.
To determine
Trend analysis: Trend analysis is one form of horizontal analysis. It helps the user to calculate the changes that occur in the economic cycle of a business for many years in terms of percentage change using one of the years as the base year.
To prepare: Trend analysis for A corporation.
b.
To determine
To compute: Debt to asset ratio and times interest earned ratio.
c.
To determine
To compute: Profit margin, asset turnover, return on assets and return on common
d.
To determine
The information outside the annual report may also be useful to your parents in making a decision about Company A.
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