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 9PEB
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Calculate times-interest-earned ratio for the 2016 and the 2015.
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To determine
Compare times-interest-earned ratio of the 2016 from the 2015.
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Financial Accounting
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