Financial Accounting (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134127620
Author: Walter T. Harrison Jr., Charles T. Horngren, C. William Thomas, Wendy M. Tietz
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.10S
LO 4
(Learning Objective 4: Explain aspects of financial statements) Apply your understanding of the relationships among the financial statements to answer these questions.
- a. How can a business earn large profits but have a small balance of
retained earnings ? - b. Give two reasons why a business can have a steady stream of net income over a five-year period and still experience a cash shortage
- c. If you could pick a single source of cash for your business, what would it be? Why?
- d. How can a business be unprofitable several years in a row and still have plenty of cash?
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