2 3. One of the benefits of the statement of cash flows is that it helps users evaluate financial flexibility. Which of the following explanations is a description of financial flexibility? a. The nearness to cash of assets and liabilities. b. The firm's ability to respond and adapt to financial adversity and unexpected needs and opportunities. c. The firm's ability to pay its debts as they mature. d. The firm's ability to invest in a number of projects with different objectives and costs. Liabilities are a. any accounts having credit balances after closing entries are made. b. deferred credits that are recognized and measured in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. c. obligations to transfer ownership shares to other entities in the future. d. obligations arising from past transactions and payable in assets or services in the future. MacBook Pro