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

b. How did the structure 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 structure of total liabilities plus 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 ? 278 310 $334 Total Assets ? ? 754 ? Current Liabilities 197 228 ? ?b Current Assets 306 ? Noncurrent Liabilities. 14 ? ? 188 Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity ? 524 ? 812 "Current Assets Current Liabilities $176. "Current Assets Current Liabilities = $99.