Cornerstones of Financial Accounting
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Author: Jay Rich, Jeff Jones
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 15CE
Cornerstone Exercise 1-15
Using the
At the beginning of the year, Morgan Company had total assets of
and total liabilities of
Required:
Use the fundamental accounting equation to answer the following independent questions:
- What is total
stockholders' equity at the beginning of the year? - If, during the year, total assets increased by $73,000 and total liabilities increased by $32,000, what is the amount of total stockholders' equity at the end of the year?
- If, during the year, total assets decreased by $52,000 and total stockholders' equity increased by $35,000, what is the amount of total liabilities at the end of the year?
- If, during the year, total liabilities increased by $85,000 and total stockholders' equity decreased by $73,000, what is the amount of total assets at the end of the year?
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Cornerstones of Financial Accounting
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