The following information was taken from recent annual reports of Goodyear Tire & Rubber and PPL Corp.,

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The following information was taken from recent annual reports of Goodyear Tire & Rubber and PPL Corp., a public utility:

Goodyear $21.0 billion 2.7 billion PPL $ 12.2 billion 824 million Net sales. Average accounts receivable


a. Compute for each company the accounts receivable turnover rate for the year.

b. Compute for each company the average number of days required to collect outstanding receivables (round answers to nearest whole day).

c. Explain why the figures computed for Goodyear in parts a and b are so different from those computed for PPL.

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Financial Accounting

ISBN: 978-0077862381

16th edition

Authors: Jan Williams, Susan Haka, Mark S Bettner, Joseph V Carcello

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