Hello tutor please provide this question solution general accounting Water and Power Co. (W&P) currently has $610,000 in totalassets and sales of $1, 720,000. Half of W&P's total assetscome from net fixed assets, and the rest are current assets.The firm expects sales to grow by 21% in the next year.W&P was using its fixed assets at only 94% of capacity lastyear. How much sales could the firm have supported last yearwith its current level of fixed assets?- $1,463,830- $1,646,808- $1,921,276- $1,829,787

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