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You are examining the economy of a very small, completely
isolated island nation. There are only three people on this island:
Felix, Dmitri Chekov, and David. Felix owns a house valued at
$1,040 and owes David $540. Dmitri Chekov owns a house valued at
$3,040 and owes David $2,040. David’s house is valued at
$1,540.
Derive the balance sheet of this island economy.
For the given case, solution can be prepared step by step by preparing the balance sheet of each of individual and then summing all of those to a single balance sheet. In the given case, the methodology has been adopted so that it could be well understood.
Following is the formula table for deriving the balance sheet as follows:
Following is the derivation of the balance sheet as follows:
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