Compute trend percents for the following accounts using 2020 as the base year. For each of the three accounts, state whether the situation as revealed by the trend percents appears to be favourable or unfavourable Sales Cost of goods sold Accounts receivable Numerator: 2024: 2023: Numerator: 2024 $ 463,414 234,107 22,522 2024: 2023: 2022: 2021: 2020: Is the trend percent for Net Sales favourable or unfavourable? Numerator: I 1 1 1 Trend Percent for Net Sales: 2023 $ 306,897 155,099 17,861 1 1 1 I 1 2022 2021 $ 249,510 $ 175,095 128,255 89,348 10,226 17,042 Trend Percent for Cost of Goods Sold: Denominator: 2024: 2023: 2022: 2021: 2020: Is the trend percent for Cost of Goods Sold favourable or unfavourable? 7 Denominator: 7 1 Trend Percent for Accounts Receivable: Denominator: 2022: 2021: 2020: Is the trend percent for Accounts Receivable favourable or unfavourable? = E # = S U = E = = 2020 $ 129,700 64,850 8,871 Trend percent Trend percent Trend percent 1% %6 % % % % 196 196 56 % % %

Compute trend percents for the followng accounts using 2020 as the base year. For each of the three accounts, state whether the stuation as revealed by the trend percents appears to be fovourabse or untovourable