Construction Accounting And Financial Management (4th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780135232873
Author: Steven J. Peterson MBA PE
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 9P
Other than borrowing more money—increasing the beginning balance of the bank account—what could the company in Examples 14-1 through 14-5 do to ensure that it had enough funds to prevent the bank account balance from going negative during the year?
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