Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781305088436
Author: Carl Warren, Jim Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 14, Problem 14E
a)
To determine
Calculate times-interest-earned ratio for the current year and the preceding year.
b)
To determine
Draw the conclusion of Company’s times-interest-earned ratio.
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