The following data were taken from the financial statements of Hunter Inc. for December 31 of two recent years:   Current Year Previous Year Accounts payable $440,000   $164,000   Current maturities of serial bonds payable 320,000   320,000   Serial bonds payable, 10% 1,380,000   1,700,000   Common stock, $1 par value 90,000   110,000   Paid-in capital in excess of par 940,000   950,000   Retained earnings 3,250,000   2,580,000   The income before income tax expense was $663,000 and $580,100 for the current and previous years, respectively. a.  Determine the ratio of liabilities to stockholders' equity at the end of each year. Round to one decimal place. Current year fill in the blank 1 Previous year fill in the blank 2 b.  Determine the times interest earned ratio for both years. Round to one decimal place. Current year fill in the blank 3 Previous year fill in the blank 4 c.  The ratio of liabilities to stockholders' equity has     and the number of times bond interest charges were earned has     from the previous year. These results are the combined result of a     income before income taxes and     interest expense in the current year compared to the previous year.

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    Ratio of Liabilities to Stockholders' Equity and Times Interest Earned

    The following data were taken from the financial statements of Hunter Inc. for December 31 of two recent years:

      Current
    Year
    Previous
    Year
    Accounts payable $440,000   $164,000  
    Current maturities of serial bonds payable 320,000   320,000  
    Serial bonds payable, 10% 1,380,000   1,700,000  
    Common stock, $1 par value 90,000   110,000  
    Paid-in capital in excess of par 940,000   950,000  
    Retained earnings 3,250,000   2,580,000  

    The income before income tax expense was $663,000 and $580,100 for the current and previous years, respectively.

    a.  Determine the ratio of liabilities to stockholders' equity at the end of each year. Round to one decimal place.

    Current year fill in the blank 1
    Previous year fill in the blank 2

    b.  Determine the times interest earned ratio for both years. Round to one decimal place.

    Current year fill in the blank 3
    Previous year fill in the blank 4

    c.  The ratio of liabilities to stockholders' equity has 

     

     and the number of times bond interest charges were earned has 

     

     from the previous year. These results are the combined result of a 

     

     income before income taxes and 

     

     interest expense in the current year compared to the previous year.

     

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