Wentz Company made it a priority to negotiate better credit terms with its suppliers so it could defer payments longer.   Year 2 Year 1 Accounts payable $ 7,134 $ 4,416 Cost of goods sold 62,000 52,000 (a) Use the above information for Wentz Company to compute days’ payable outstanding for Year 1 and for Year 2. (b) Does Wentz Company appear to have negotiated better credit terms in Year 2 than in Year 1?

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Wentz Company made it a priority to negotiate better credit terms with its suppliers so it could defer payments longer.

  Year 2 Year 1
Accounts payable $ 7,134 $ 4,416
Cost of goods sold 62,000 52,000

(a) Use the above information for Wentz Company to compute days’ payable outstanding for Year 1 and for Year 2.

(b) Does Wentz Company appear to have negotiated better credit terms in Year 2 than in Year 1?

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