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A firm’s pro forma balance sheet for June 2022 shows the following:
Total Assets, except for Cash and Marketable Securities, equal $1,000,000.
Total Liabilities and Equity, except for Notes Payable, equal $1,100,000.
Assume that the firm has a $50,000 Minimum Cash Balance policy.
What should the balance in Notes Payable equal?
| a. | $150,000  | |
| b. | $50,000  | |
| c. | zero  | |
| d. | $100,000  | 
As we know, the total of Assets side and the total of Liabilities and Equity side are always equal. It implies that the amount of cash must be more than $ 100,000 so as to make both sides of the balance sheet equal. This implies that the amount of notes payable shall be more than $ 100,000.
So, the correct answer is option a i.e. $ 150,000