Exercise 13-6 Common-size percents LO P2 Simon Company's year-end balance sheets follow. Current Yr 1 Yr Ago 2 Ye Ago At December 31 Assets Cash Accounts receivable, net Merchandise inventory Prepaid expenses Plant assets, net Total assets Liabilities and Equity Accounts payable Long-term notes payable secured by mortgages on plant assets Common stock, 510 par value Retained earnings Total liabilities and equity $ 34,828 101,973 126,917 11,674 326,967 $ 602,359 $ 41,542 $ 43,706 74,879 55,966 97,027 63,310 11,123 4,808 294,704 269,310 $ 519,275 $ 437,100 $ 149,987 $ 86,002 $ 58,274 114,376 163,500 174, 496 $ 602,359 118,239 97,565 163,500 163,500 151,534 117,761 $ 519,275 5.437,100 1. Express the balance sheets in common-size percents. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final percentage answers to 1 decimal place.) 2. Assuming annual sales have not changed in the last three years, is the change in accounts receivable as a percentage of total assets favorable or unfavorable? 3. Assuming annual sales have not changed in the last three years, is the change in merchandise Inventory as a percentage of total assets favorable or unfavorable? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Reg 1 Reg 2 and 3 Express the balance sheets in common-size percents. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 1 decimal place.) SIMON COMPANY Common-Size Comparative Balance Sheets December 31 Current Year 1 Year Ago 2 Years Ago Assets % % % % Cash Accounts receivable, net Merchandise inventory Prepaid expenses Plant assets, net Total assets Liabilities and Equity Accounts payable Long-term notes payable secured by mortgages on plant assets Common stock, $10 par Retained earnings Total liabilities and equity % % % Ron Reg 2 and 3 >