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firm's cash flow from investing includes purchase/sale of fixed assets, purchase/sale of other businesses and purchase/sale of investments like marketable securities.
purchase is the cash outflow and shown as negative value and sale is the cash inflow and shown as positive value.
Net fixed assets of current year is higher than prior year which means there is purchase of fixed assets in current year. but net fixed assets are after deducting depreciation. we need to gross fixed assets.
firm's cash flow from investing = Gross fixed assets current year - Gross fixed assets prior year
Gross fixed assets current year = Net fixed assets current year + Depreciation current year = 54,080 + 2,850 = 56,930
Gross fixed assets prior year = Net fixed assets prior year + Depreciation prior year = 50,507 + 2,500 = 53,007
firm's cash flow from investing = 56,930 - 53,007 = 3,923
there is purchse of fixed assets of 3,923 which is a cash outflow. so, firm's cash flow from investing is -3,923.