Balance sheet relations. Selected balance sheet amounts for Sports Authority, a retailer of sports equipment and apparel at discount prices, for four recent years appear below (amounts in millions):

\({ }^{a}\) Current Assets - Current Liabilities \(=\$ 176\).
\({ }^{\mathrm{b}}\) Current Assets - Current Liabilities \(=\$ 99\).

a. Compute the missing balance sheet amounts for each of the four years.

b. How did the mix of total assets (that is, the proportion of current versus noncurrent assets) change over the four-year period? What might account for such a change?

c. How did the mix of total liabilities versus shareholders' equity change over the four-year period? What might account for such a change?

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Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Noncurrent Assets $157 $212 $309 ? Shareholders' Equity Total Assets ... ?? 278 310 $334 ? 754 ? Current Liabilities 197 228 ?a ?b Current Assets Noncurrent Liabilities Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity 306 ? ?a ?b 14 ? ? 188 ? 524 ? 812