Barker Sales Has a Days' Sales in Receivables Figure of 40

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Barker Sales has a days' sales in receivables figure of 40 and Xanadu Company has a days' sales in receivables of 32.This would suggest that Xanadu is having greater difficulty collecting their accounts receivable than Barker.

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