Computation of Cash Flows
an Analysis of Changes in Selected

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Essay

Computation of cash flows
An analysis of changes in selected balance sheet accounts of Gable Corporation shows the following for the current year:
The income statement for the current year included the following items relating to the transactions summarized above:
All payments and proceeds relating to these transactions were in cash. Using this information, compute the following cash flows for the current year:
$$\begin{array}{l}\text { Marketable Securities account: }\\\begin{array} { | l | l | } \hline \text { Debit entries } & \$ 250,000 \\\hline \text { Credit entries } & \$ 400,000 \\\hline \text { Plant and equipment accounts: } & \\\hline \text { Debit entries to asset accounts } & \$ 700,000 \\\hline \text { Credit entries to asset accounts } & \$ 900,000 \\\hline \text { Debit entries to accumulated depreciation accounts } & \\\hline \text { (resulting from the sale of plant assets } & \$ 300,000 \\\hline \text { Credit entries to accumulated depreciation accounts } & \\\hline \text { (representing depreciation for the current year) } & \$ 125,000 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$ $$\begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline \text { Gain on sales of marketable securities } & \$ 85,000 \\\hline \text { Loss on sales of plant assets } & 150,000 \\\hline\end{array}$$ $$\begin{array} { | l | l | } \hline \text {(a) Purchases of marketable securities} & \$ \_\_\_\_\\\hline \text { (b) Proceeds from sales of marketable securities } &\$ \_\_\_\_ \\\hline \text {(c) Purchases of plant assets}&\$ \_\_\_\_\\\hline \text {(d) Proceeds from sales of plant assets }&\$ \_\_\_\_\\\hline\end{array}$$

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Definitions:

Du Pont Chart

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