Use the Following Selected Financial Information for Wilcox Corporation to Answer

question 25

Multiple Choice

Use the following selected financial information for Wilcox Corporation to answer questions . Wilcox Corporation
Income Statement
For the Year Ended December 31,2015
$\begin{array}{lr}\text { Net sales } & \$ 2,870 \\\text { Cost of goods sold } & 1,985\\\text { Gross profit } & \$ \overline{885} \\\text { Operating expenses } & 620\\\text { Operating profit } & \$ 265 \\\text { Interest expense } & 40\\\text { Earnings before taxes }&\$225\\\text { Income tax expense }&80\\\text { Net profit }&\$145\end{array}$ Wilcox Corporation
Balance Sheet
December 31, 2015
$\begin{array}{lclr}\text { Assets }&&\text { Liabilities and stockholders' equity }\\\hline\text { Current assets }&&\text { Current liabilities }\\\text { Cash } & \$ 25 & \text { Accounts payable } & \$ 85 \\\text { Short-term investments } & 15 & \text { Accrued liabilities } & 45 \\\text { Accounts receivable } & 70 & \text { Total current liabilities } & 130 \\\text { Inventory } & 150 & \text { Long-term debt } & 240\\\text { Total current assets }&260&\text { Total liabilities }&370\\\\\text { Long-term assets }&&\text { Stockholders' equity }\\\text { Net PPE } & 390 & \text { Common stock and PIC } & 80 \\\text { Goodwill } & 210 & \text { Retained earnings } & 410\\&&\text { Total stockholders' equity }&490\\\text { Total assets }&\$860&\text { Total liabilities and equity }&\$860\end{array}$ WilcoxCorporation
Statement of Cash Flow Information
For the Year Ended December 31, 2015

$\begin{array}{ll}\text { Cash from operating activities }&\$150\\\text { Investing activities: }\\\text { Capital expenditures } & \$ 60 \\\text { Acquisitions } & \$ 10\\\text { Financing activities: }\\\text { Proceeds from long-term borrowing } & \$ 50 \\\text { Payments on long-term borrowing } & \$ 25 \\\text { Payments of cash dividends } & \$ 20\\\text { Cash paid for interest } & \$ 10 \\\text { Cash paid for income taxes } & \$ 75\end{array}$
-Wilcox's quick ratio is:

• A)0.85
• B)2.00
• C)1.00
• D)0.75

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Definitions:

Product Diversity

The range of different products or services offered by a business to meet various customer needs and market demands.

Overhead Resources

All indirect costs involved in running a business that cannot be directly attributed to a specific product or service.

Activity-Based Costing

An accounting approach that assigns costs to products or services based on the resources they consume, aiming to provide more accurate insights into cost drivers and profitability.

Traditional Costing

A method used in accounting that allocates factory overhead to products on the basis of volume measures such as machine hours or direct labor hours.