Pear Corporation is a hypothetical company with financial results similar to Apple, Inc. Pear has been entering into a variety of financing transactions over the past few years, the results of which can be seen in stacked line graphs:

Required: 1. According to the stacked line graph indicating dollar amounts (in billions), in which year did Pear report the largest dollar amount of total liabilities? How many billions of total liabilities were reported that year? In which year did Pear report the largest dollar amount of total stockholders equity? How many billions of total stockholders equity were reported that year? 2. According to the bar graph indicating percentages, what percentage of assets were financed by stockholders equity three years ago? What percentage of assets were financed by stockholders equity this year? 3. Which of the following transactions would have contributed to the trend shown in the graphs?

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According to the stacked line graph indicating dollar amounts (in billions), in which year did Pear report the largest dollar amount of total liabilities? How many billions of total liabilities were reported that year? In which year did Pear report the largest dollar amount of total stockholders equity? How many billions of total stockholders equity were reported that year?

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• According to the bar graph indicating percentages, what percentage of assets were financed by stockholders equity three years ago? What percentage of assets were financed by stockholders equity this year?

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• Which of the following transactions would have contributed to the trend shown in the graphs? (Select all that apply.)

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	Pear repurchased $72 billion of its common stock this year.checkbox unchecked1 of 4 Pear paid $12 billion cash to acquire property, plant and equipment two years ago.checkbox unchecked2 of 4 Pear obtained $25 billion in new long-term debt last year.checkbox unchecked3 of 4 Pear received $107 billion from selling investments in other companies three years ago.checkbox unchecked4 of 4