= 7.5% You are a new staff accountant with a large regional CPA firm, participating in your first audit. You recall from your auditing class that CPAs often use ratios to test the reasonableness of accounting numbers provided by the client. Since ratios reflect the relationships among various account balances, if it is assumed that prior relationships still hold, prior years' ratios can be used to estimate what current balances should approximate. However, you never actually performed this kind of analysis until now. The CPA in charge of the audit of Covington Pike Corporation brings you the list of ratios shown below and tells you these reflect the relationships maintained by Covington Pike in recent years. Profit margin on sales = 5% Return on assets Gross profit margin = 40% Inventory turnover ratio = 6 times Receivables turnover ratio = 25 times Acid-test ratio = 0.9 to one Current ratio = 2 to 1 Return on equity = 10% Debt to equity ratio Times interest earned ratio Jotted in the margins are the following notes: Net income $15,000. Only one short-term note ($5,000); all other current liabilities are trade accounts. Property, plant, and equipment are the only noncurrent assets. Bonds payable are the only noncurrent liabilities. The effective interest rate on short-term notes and bonds is 8%. No investment securities. Cash balance totals $15,000. = 1/3 = 12 times . Required: You are requested to approximate the current vear's balances in the form of a balance sheet and income statement to the extent the Balance Sheet Income Statement Approximate the current year's balances in the form of a balance sheet. Balance Sheet Assets 0 Prepaid expenses and other current assets Current assets Property, plant, and equipment (net) Total Assets Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity S 0 Current liabilities 0 Shareholders' equity Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity S 0 Balance Sheet Income Statement Approximate the current year's balances in the form of a income statement. Income Statement Net sales Gross profit 0 Net income $ 0