with the help of the statement of income  attached please answer the below: explain the trend in the net borrowing (proceeds from borrowing less payments of short- and long-term debt) of the firm? explain the trend in working capital accounts? Critically evaluate the financial strength of each of the companie based on the evidence presented in the Statement of Cash Flow.

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with the help of the statement of income  attached please answer the below:

  1. explain the trend in the net borrowing (proceeds from borrowing less payments of short- and long-term debt) of the firm?
  2. explain the trend in working capital accounts?
  3. Critically evaluate the financial strength of each of the companie based on the evidence presented in the Statement of Cash Flow.
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Net debts is the amount that shows the capability of the entity that whether it can pay off its due debts on time using its cash and other liquid assets or not. A negative debt shows that it can pay off the liability with the cash and the company is stable. But if the debt is positive it implies that its debt is more than company’s liquid assets. As in the above statement, Net debts for three consecutive years are given which shows the following trend:

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Result for the above table is shown below:

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As per the above table, the trend shows that net debts of the company are decreasing by the years.

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