Markus Company’s common stock sold for $1.75 per share at the end of this year. The company paid a common stock dividend of $0.42 per share this year. It also provided the following data excerpts from this year’s financial statements:        Ending Balance Beginning Balance Cash $ 27,000 $ 43,800 Accounts receivable $ 48,000 $ 41,300 Inventory $ 45,100 $ 48,000 Current assets $ 120,100 $ 133,100 Total assets $ 312,000 $ 263,800 Current liabilities $ 49,500 $ 34,500 Total liabilities $ 82,000 $ 73,800 Common stock, $1 par value $ 105,000 $ 105,000 Total stockholders’ equity $ 230,000 $ 190,000 Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 312,000 $ 263,800   This Year Sales (all on account) $ 580,000 Cost of goods sold $ 336,400 Gross margin $ 243,600 Net operating income $ 49,500 Interest expense $ 3,000 Net income $ 32,550   8. What is the acid-test ratio at the end of this year?

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Markus Company’s common stock sold for $1.75 per share at the end of this year. The company paid a common stock dividend of $0.42 per share this year. It also provided the following data excerpts from this year’s financial statements:     

  Ending Balance Beginning Balance
Cash $ 27,000 $ 43,800
Accounts receivable $ 48,000 $ 41,300
Inventory $ 45,100 $ 48,000
Current assets $ 120,100 $ 133,100
Total assets $ 312,000 $ 263,800
Current liabilities $ 49,500 $ 34,500
Total liabilities $ 82,000 $ 73,800
Common stock, $1 par value $ 105,000 $ 105,000
Total stockholders’ equity $ 230,000 $ 190,000
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 312,000 $ 263,800
  This Year
Sales (all on account) $ 580,000
Cost of goods sold $ 336,400
Gross margin $ 243,600
Net operating income $ 49,500
Interest expense $ 3,000
Net income $ 32,550

 

8. What is the acid-test ratio at the end of this year?

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