only $($that appear after QUESTION $5).$ Answers to the ratios must be expressed to two decimal places.

$4\mathrm{.}1\mathrm{.}1$ Inventory turnover

$4\mathrm{.}1\mathrm{.}2$ Net profit margin

$4\mathrm{.}1\mathrm{.}3$ Debt$-$equity

$4\mathrm{.}1\mathrm{.}4$ Earnings per share

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$4\mathrm{.}1\mathrm{.}5$ Finance cost coverage

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$4\mathrm{.}1\mathrm{.}6$ Average collection period

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$4\mathrm{.}2$ Will the company be able to pay its short$-$term debts if business conditions are

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unfavourable? Motivate your answer by using an appropriate ratio.

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$4\mathrm{.}3$ Will the shareholders of the company be satisfied with the return on their investments? Support your answer with the use of an appropriate ratio.

$(4$ marks$)$

INFORMATION

The extracts of the financial statements of Fabrice Limited for $2022$ and $2023$ are provided below.

$\backslash$table$[[$FABRICE LIMITED,R$],[$STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED $31$ DECEMBER $2023,],[,990000],[$Sales$,600000],[$Cost of sales,$250000],[$Eamings before interest and taxes,$30000],[$Interest expense,$220000],[$Profit before tax,$59400],[$Company tax,$]]$