Intermediate Financial Management
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ISBN: 9780357516782
Author: Brigham, Eugene F., Daves, Phillip R.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 22, Problem 5MC
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Case summary:
Person R and his brother person J planned to start a business of wholesale building supply.
Term of sale is net 30 and the brothers are expected to 30% of the customers to pay on the 10th day followed by the sale and 50% on the 40th day, and 20% of the customers on 70th day.
Characters in the case:
- Person R
- Person J
To determines: Average daily sales for the 1st quarter and 2nd quarter and for the full half year. And DSO at the end of the March and June. The indication about customers’ payment by DSO and whether DSO is a good management tool in the current case.
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