1. What was the company's working capital on June 30? 2. What was the company's acid-test ratio on June 30? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places) 3. The company paid an account payable of $48,000 immediately after June 30. a. What effect did this transaction have on working capital? b. What effect did this transaction have on the current ratio? (Round your intermediate calculations to 1 decimal place.)
1. What was the company's working capital on June 30? 2. What was the company's acid-test ratio on June 30? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places) 3. The company paid an account payable of $48,000 immediately after June 30. a. What effect did this transaction have on working capital? b. What effect did this transaction have on the current ratio? (Round your intermediate calculations to 1 decimal place.)
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Transcribed Image Text:Norsk Optronics, ALS, of Bergen, Norway, had a current ratio of 4 on June 30 of the current year. On that date, the company's assets
were:
Cash
Accounts receivable, net
Inventory
Prepaid expenses
Plant and equipment, net
Total assets
1. Working capital
2. Acid-test ratio
$ 76,000
440,000
690,000
11,000
Required:
1. What was the company's working capital on June 30?
2. What was the company's acid-test ratio on June 30? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
3. The company paid an account payable of $48,000 immediately after June 30.
a. What effect did this transaction have on working capital?
b. What effect did this transaction have on the current ratio? (Round your intermediate calculations to 1 decimal place.)
1,760,000
$ 2,977,000
3a Effect on working capital
3b. Effect on current ratio
Answer is complete but not entirely correct.
$
Working capital would decrease
Current ratio would increase
2,232,750
0.69 X
X
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