Ruth Company currently has $1,000,000 in accounts receivable. Its days sales outstanding (DSO) is 50 days. The company wants to reduce its DSO to the industry average of 32 days by pressuring more of its customers to pay their bills on time. The company's CFO estimates that if this policy is adopted the company's average sales will fall by 10 percent. Assuming that the company adopts thisthange and succeeds in reducing its DSO to 32 days and does lose 10 percent of its sales, what will be the level of accounts receivable following the change? Assume a 365-day year.

Ruth Company currently has $1,000,000 in accounts receivable. Its days sales outstanding (DSO) is 50 days. The company wants to reduce its DSO to the industry average of 32 days by pressuring more of its customers to pay their bills on time. The company's CFO estimates that if this policy is adopted the company's average sales will fall by 10 percent. Assuming that the company adopts thisthange and succeeds in reducing its DSO to 32 days and does lose 10 percent of its sales, what will be the level of accounts receivable following the change? Assume a 365-day year.

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Ruth Company currently has $1,000,000 in accounts receivable. Its days sales outstanding (DSO) is 50
days. The company wants to reduce its DSO to the industry average of 32 days by pressuring more of its
customers to pay their bills on time. The company's CFO estimates that if this policy is adopted the
company's average sales will fall by 10 percent. Assuming that the company adopts thisthange and
succeeds in reducing its DSO to 32 days and does lose 10 percent of its sales, what will be the level of
accounts receivable following the change? Assume a 365-day year.
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