QUESTION 26 Considered alone, which of the following would increase a company's current ratio? a. An increase in net fixed assets. O b. An increase in accrued liabilities, O c. An increase in notes payable. O d. An increase in accounts receivable. o e. An increase in accounts payable. QUESTION 27 A firm wants to strengthen its financial position. Which of the following actions would increase its current ratio? a. Reduce the company's days' sales outstanding to the industry average and use the resulting cash savings to purchase plant and equipment. b. Use cash to repurchase some of the company's own stock c. Borrow using short-term debt and use the proceeds to repay debt that has a maturity of more than one year, d. Issue new stock, then use some of the proceeds to purchase additional inventory and hold the remainder as cash e Use cash to increase inventory holdings