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Safeco's Current Assets Total to $20 Million Versus $10 Million

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Safeco's current assets total to $20 million versus $10 million of current liabilities, while Risco's current assets are $10 million versus $20 million of current liabilities.Both firms would like to "window dress" their end-of-year financial statements, and to do so they tentatively plan to borrow $10 million on a short-term basis and to then hold the borrowed funds in their cash accounts.Which of the statements below best describes the results of these transactions?


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Present Values

The value today of a future sum of money or cash flows, when calculated at an agreed-upon return rate.

Present Value

Present value is the current worth of a future sum of money or stream of cash flows given a specified rate of return.

Interest Rate

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