Financial Accounting (12th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)
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ISBN: 9780134725987
Author: C. William Thomas, Wendy M. Tietz, Walter T. Harrison Jr.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.54Q
A company sells on credit terms of 2/10, n/30 and has days’ sales in
- a. too low.
- b. too high.
- c. about right.
- d. not able to be evaluated from the data given.
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Financial Accounting (12th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)
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