Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers and related personal computing and communicating solutions for sale primarily to education, creative, consumer, and business customers. Substantially all of the company's sales over the last five years are from sales of its Macs, iPods, iPads, and related software and peripherals. For two recent fiscal years, Apple reported the following (in millions): Year 2 Year 1 Sales $233,715 $182,795 Accounts receivable at end of year 35,889 31,537 Assume that the accounts receivable (in millions) were $24,094 at the beginning of fiscal Year 1. 1. Compute the accounts receivable turnover for Year 2 and Year 1. Round to two decimal places. 2. Compute the days' sales in receivables at the end of Year 2 and Year 1. Use 365 days and round to one decimal place. What conclusions can be drawn from (1) and (2) regarding Apple's efficiency 3. in collecting receivables?
Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers and related personal computing and communicating solutions for sale primarily to education, creative, consumer, and business customers. Substantially all of the company's sales over the last five years are from sales of its Macs, iPods, iPads, and related software and peripherals. For two recent fiscal years, Apple reported the following (in millions): Year 2 Year 1 Sales $233,715 $182,795 Accounts receivable at end of year 35,889 31,537 Assume that the accounts receivable (in millions) were $24,094 at the beginning of fiscal Year 1. 1. Compute the accounts receivable turnover for Year 2 and Year 1. Round to two decimal places. 2. Compute the days' sales in receivables at the end of Year 2 and Year 1. Use 365 days and round to one decimal place. What conclusions can be drawn from (1) and (2) regarding Apple's efficiency 3. in collecting receivables?
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![Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers and related personal
computing and communicating solutions for sale primarily to education, creative, consumer,
and business customers. Substantially all of the company's sales over the last five years
are from sales of its Macs, iPods, iPads, and related software and peripherals. For two
recent fiscal years, Apple reported the following (in millions):
Year 2
Year 1
Sales
$233,715
$182,795
Accounts receivable at end of year
35,889
31,537
Assume that the accounts receivable (in millions) were $24,094 at the beginning of
fiscal Year 1.
1. Compute the accounts receivable turnover for Year 2 and Year 1. Round to two decimal
places.
2. Compute the days' sales in receivables at the end of Year 2 and Year 1. Use 365 days
and round to one decimal place.
What conclusions can be drawn from (1) and (2) regarding Apple's efficiency
3.
in collecting receivables?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fbd2b8d6f-3995-4371-82e9-f4c4e6e41d47%2F230dcdf4-cc0e-4a6d-b417-8d24a035e518%2F5gda0p.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers and related personal
computing and communicating solutions for sale primarily to education, creative, consumer,
and business customers. Substantially all of the company's sales over the last five years
are from sales of its Macs, iPods, iPads, and related software and peripherals. For two
recent fiscal years, Apple reported the following (in millions):
Year 2
Year 1
Sales
$233,715
$182,795
Accounts receivable at end of year
35,889
31,537
Assume that the accounts receivable (in millions) were $24,094 at the beginning of
fiscal Year 1.
1. Compute the accounts receivable turnover for Year 2 and Year 1. Round to two decimal
places.
2. Compute the days' sales in receivables at the end of Year 2 and Year 1. Use 365 days
and round to one decimal place.
What conclusions can be drawn from (1) and (2) regarding Apple's efficiency
3.
in collecting receivables?
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