Understanding Business
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Author: Nickels
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 17, Problem 3CT
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To think critically about: The necessity of an investor to evaluate the financial statements of the company.
Introduction: Ratios are the mathematical formulas that involve financial information to obtain information about various qualitative factors of the financial statements. Ratio analysis is the analysis of financial statement data for the purpose of evaluating the qualitative characteristics of the firm.
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