Balance sheet relations. Selected balance sheet amounts for Anheuser-Busch, a manufacturer of beer and operator of theme parks, for four recent years appear below (amounts in millions):

a. Compute the missing amounts for eacii of the four years.

b. Identify changes in the component structure of total assets and in the component structure of total liabilities plus shareholders' equity over the four-year period.
Suggest the events or transactions that might explain these changes.

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Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Current Assets Noncurrent Assets Total Assets $ 1,546 ? $1,466 ? ? $9,080 8,998 $10,143 10,547 ? ? ? Current Liabilities 1,489 ? ? 1,501 Noncurrent Liabilities Shareholders' Equity 4,643 4.915 ? ? ? 4,434 4,029 4,042 Total Liabilities and Shareholders" Equity ? 10,591 ? ? Current Assets/Current Liabilities ? ? 1.024 1.055