Question & Answer: The current asset section of Stibbe Pharmaceutical Company’s balance sheet included cash of $25,000 and accounts receiv…..

The current asset section of Stibbe Pharmaceutical Company’s balance sheet included cash of $25,000 and accounts receivable of $45,000. The only other current asset is inventories. The company’s current ratio is 2.5 and its acid-test ratio is 2.0.

Determine the ending balance in inventories and total current liabilities.

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Expert Answer

 

Current ratio=Current assets/Current liabilities

2.5*Current liabilities=(Cash+Accounts receivable+Inventories)

2.5Current liabilities=(25000+45000+Inventories)

Hence

2.5Current liabilities=70000+Inventories

Acid test ratio=(Current assets-inventories)/Current liabilties

2=($25000+$45000)/Current liabilities

Hence current liabilities=(70000/2)=$35000.

Hence inventories=(2.5*Current liabilities)-70,000=(2.5*35000)-70,000

  =$17500.

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