naneing; the maximum growth rate a company can achieve without taking on any furt than the highest acceptable debt to equity ratio. 9) A common base result of 0.93 for Buckley Corporation's inventory account would indicate that which of the following happened to inventory compared to the previous year? a) Inventory decreased 93 percent compared to the previous year. b) Inventory increased 93 percent compared to the previous year c) Inventory was 93 percent of assets compared to the previous year d) Inventory decreased 7 percent compared to the previous year. 10) A company with a used to pay back equity, acquire assets or settle overall debt while a company with a in 2017 is operating with a deficit for the year, which can be raised by issuing new equity selling assets or increasing overall debt. in 2017 is operating with a surplus for the year, which can be a) positive EFN; negative EFN b) positive NWC; negative NWC c) negative EFN; positive EFN d) negative NWC; positive NWC