Exercise 3-11 Computing and analyzing the current ratio LO A2 1. Compute the current ratio in each of the separate cases. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Current Assets Current Liabilities Current Ratio Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4 Case 5 32,000 76,000 49,000 81,600 100,000 79,040$ 104,880 45,080 85,680 61,000 2. Identify the company case with the strongest liquidity position. (These cases represent competing companies in the same industry.) O Case 1 O Case 2 O Case 3 O Case 4 O Case 5
Expert Answer
Current assets | Current liabilities | Current ratio | |
Case 1 | 79040 | 32000 | 2.47 |
Case 2 | 104880 | 76000 | 1.38 |
Case 3 | 45080 | 49000 | 0.92 |
Case 4 | 85680 | 81600 | 1.05 |
Case 5 | 61000 | 100000 | 0.61 |
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Case 1 has the strongest liquidity position |