A Company's Accounts Receivable Balance After Posting Net Collections from Customers

question 132

Multiple Choice

A company's accounts receivable balance after posting net collections from customers for 2013 is $150,000. Management feels that uncollected accounts should be based on the following aging of accounts receivable and uncollected percentages. There are $100,000 that are 1-30 past due at 2% and $50,000 that are 31 to 60 days past due at 10%. The net realizable value of the accounts receivable is

• A)$147,500
• B)$148,000
• C)$150,000
• D)$143,000

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Definitions:

Box Plot

A graphical representation of a dataset's distribution, showing the median, quartiles, and outliers through a box and whisker plot.

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a data set, reflecting the spread of values.

Interquartile Range

The difference between the 25th (Q1) and 75th (Q3) percentiles in a dataset, measuring the spread of the middle 50% of the data.

Lower Quartile

The value below which 25% of the data falls, also known as the first quartile.