Financial Accounting
Financial Accounting
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780078025549
Author: J. David Spiceland, Wayne M Thomas, Don Herrmann
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 6RQ
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To explain: why ratios that compare an income statement account with a balance sheet account should express the balance sheet account as an average of the beginning and ending balances.

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Explain why ratios that compare an income statement account with a balance sheet account should express the balance sheet account as an average of the beginning and ending balances.
When should an average amount be used for the numerator or denominator? When the denominator is a balance sheet item or items. When a ratio consists of an income statement item and a balance sheet item. When the numerator is a balance sheet item or items. When the numerator is an income statement item or items.
In performing vertical analysis, we express each item in a financial statement as a percentage of a base amount. What base amount is commonly used for income statement accounts? For balance sheet accounts?

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