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1.

Your company had the following balance sheet and income statement
information for 2008:

Balance sheet:
Cash $ 20
A/R 1,000
Inventories 5,000
Total C.A. $ 6,020 Debt $ 4,000
Net F.A. 2,980 Equity 5,000
Total Assets $ 9,000 Total claims $ 9,000

Income statement:
Sales $10,000
Cost of goods sold 9,200
EBIT $ 800
Interest (10%) 400
EBT $ 400
Taxes (40%) 160
Net Income $ 240

The industry average inventory turnover is 5. You think you can change
your inventory control system so as to cause your turnover to equal the
industry average, and this change is expected to have no effect on
either sales or cost of goods sold. The cash generated from reducing
inventories will be used to buy tax-exempt securities which have a 7
percent rate of return. What will your profit margin be after the
change in inventories is reflected in the income statement?

a. 2.1%
b. 2.4%
c. 4.5%
d. 5.3%
e. 6.7%
2.Thomas Corp. has the following simplified balance sheet:

Cash $ 50,000 Current liabilities $125,000


Inventory 150,000
Accounts receivable 100,000 Long-term debt 175,000
Net fixed assets 200,000 Common equity 200,000
Total $500,000 Total $500,000

Sales for the year totaled $600,000. The company president believes the
company carries excess inventory. She would like the inventory turnover
ratio to be 8 and would use the freed up cash to reduce current
liabilities. If the company follows the president's recommendation and
sales remain the same, the new quick ratio would be:

a. 2.4
b. 4.0
c. 4.5
d. 1.2
e. 3.0

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