The Ranger Corporation Data for the Current Year and Prior

question 127

Multiple Choice

The Ranger Corporation data for the current year and prior year is as follows: What would a horizontal analysis report with respect to current liabilities show?

• A)Current liabilities are 33.24% of total capital.
• B)Current liabilities saw a 27.54% increase from the prior year to the current year.
• C)The current ratio is 4.65.
• D)Current liabilities saw a 38.00% increase from the prior year to the current year.

---

Definitions:

Placebo

An inactive substance or treatment given to a participant in a study, used to assess the psychological effect of receiving treatment.

Experimental Treatment

A new or innovative therapy or medication being tested for efficacy and safety.

Experimental Hypothesis

A statement made by a researcher that predicts a relationship between two variables in an experiment, often specifying how one variable will affect another.

Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the treatment or intervention being tested, serving as a baseline for comparison.