Locate the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows of Home Depot, Inc., in Appendix A of your text. Review those statements and then respond to the following for the year ended February 3, 2013 (fiscal year 2012).

a.

Determine the company's net income or net loss for the year ending February 3, 2013. (Enter your answer in millions.)

b-1.

What were the cash balances at the beginning and end of the year ending February 3, 2013? (Enter your answers in millions.)

b-2

Identify the three most important causes of the cash decrease during the the year ended February 2013. (Select all that apply.)

	Cash dividends paid to stockholders Purchase of investments Repurchases of common stock Repayment of long-term debts Sale of common stock Sale of property and equipment Capital expenditures