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4-3 Over the past year, M.D. Ryngaert & Co. had an increase in its current ratio and a decline inits total assets turnover ratio. However, the company’s sales, cash and equivalents, DSO,and fixed assets turnover ratio remained constant. What balance sheet accounts must havechanged to produce the indicated changes?
Current Ratio = Current Assets/Current Liabilities
Total Assets Turnover Ratio = Sales/Total Assets
Fixed Assets turnover ratio = Sales/Fixed Assets
Sales and fixed asset turnover ratio has remained constant, that means fixed assets also remained constant during the period
Increase in current ratio and decline in total total assets turnover ratio has happened due to increase in current assets
Cash and cash equivalents and debtors remained constant during the period. So the changes must have happened in inventory, prepaid expenses or other current assets
The balance sheet items that must have changed are
Inventories prepaid expenses or any current assets other than cash and debtors