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Question:
The following information was extracted from Morgan Company's balance sheets Ratio Analysis
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\hline & December 31,2000 & December 31, 1999 \\
\hline Cash & $\$ 200$ & $\$ 300$ \\
\hline Securities held for resale . . . . . . . . . & 500 & 500 \\
\hline Accounts receivable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . & 1,400 & 1,700 \\
\hline Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & 4,200 & 1,900 \\
\hline Total current assets . . . . . . . . . . . & $\$ 6,300$ & $\$ 4,400$ \\
\hline Total current liabilities & $\$ 6,100$ & $\$ 4,400$ \\
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1. Compute Morgan Company's acid-test ratios for 2000 and 1999.
2. Compute Morgan Company's current ratios for 2000 and 1999.
3. Interpretive Question: How do you explain the change in opposite directions of the acid-test and current ratios from 1999 to 2000 ?
Step by Step Answer:
Survey Of Accounting
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Authors: James D. Stice, W. Steve Albrecht, Earl Kay Stice, K. Fred Skousen