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The balance sheet for Peterson Manufacturing Company is presented below.
Peterson Mfg.Co.
Balance Sheet
December 31,1995
Cash $32,000 Current liabilities $72,000
Accounts receivable 40,000 Long-term liabilities 48,000
Inventories 48,000 Ordinary equity 120,000
Total current assets $120,000
Net fixed assets 120,000
Total $240,000 Total $240,000
During 2009,the firm earned $28,000 after taxes based on net sales of $480,000.
a.Calculate Peterson's current ratio and net working capital.
b.Assume that Peterson's uses $20,000 of its cash to reduce current liabilities.Recompute the current ratio and net working capital.
c.What effect,if any,does the change proposed in question b have on Peterson's liquidity?
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