The Following Data Are from Autumn Company for the Past

question 118

Essay

The following data are from Autumn Company for the past four years.?? $$~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{ \text { Year Ending December } \mathbf { 3 1 } }\\\begin{array} { | l | c | c | c | c | } \hline & \text { Year 1 } & \text { Year } 2 & \text { Year } \mathbf { 3 } & \text { Y ear } \mathbf { 4 } \\\hline \text { Cash and cash equivalents } & \$ 23,788 & \$ 45,776 & \$ 52,899 & \$ 82,744 \\\hline \text { Cash flow from operations } & ( 32,556 ) & ( 47,880 ) & ( 32,357 ) & ( 16,450 ) \\\hline\end{array}$$ Calculate the following: $$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | c | } \hline &&{ \text { Year Ending December 31 } } \\\hline & \text { Year 1 } & \text { Year 2 } & \text { Year 3 } & \text { Year 4 } \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { Monthly cash } \\\text { expenses }\end{array} & & & \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { Ratio of cash to } \\\text { monthly cash } \\\text { expenses }\end{array} & & & & \\\hline\end{array}$$

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Definitions:

Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution

A reaction where a nucleophile replaces the leaving group in an acyl compound.

Carbonyl

A functional group consisting of a carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen atom \(\text{C=O}\).

Leaving Group

An atom or group that departs with a pair of electrons in a chemical reaction, making a bond-breaking step feasible.

Alkoxides

Anions formed from the deprotonation of alcohols, typically represented as RO-, where R is an alkyl group.