Financial Accounting, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Accounting with Pearson eText - Access Card Package (11th Edition)

11th Edition

ISBN: 9780134417363

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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Financial Accounting, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Accounting with Pearson eText - Access Card Package (11th Edition)

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