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 5.69BP
(Learning Objectives 1, 7: Show how to speed up cash flow from receivables; evaluate
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- 1. Compute the following ratios for 2020 and 2019:
- a.
Current ratio - b. Quick (acid-test) ratio
- c. Days’ sales outstanding
- 2. Which ratios improved from 2019 to 2020 and which ratios deteriorated? Are each of the trends favorable or unfavorable?
- 3. Recommend two ways for Sunset Pools to improve cash flows from receivables.
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