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You have been given responsibility for overseeing a bank's small business loans division. The bank has included loan covenants requiring a minimum current ratio of $1\mathrm{.}40$ in all small business loans. When you ask which inventory costing method the covenant assumes, the previous loans manager gives you a blank look. To explain to him that a company's inventory costing method is important, you present the following balance sheet information.

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You have been given responsibility for overseeing a bank's small business loans division. The bank has included loan covenants requiring a minimum current ratio of $1\mathrm{.}40$ in all small business loans. When you ask which inventory costing method the covenant assumes, the previous loans manager gives you a blank look. To explain to him that a company's inventory costing method is important, you present the following balance sheet information.

$\backslash$table$[[$Current assets other than inventory,$$27$