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(a)
Classification of Financial ratios: Financial ratios that exhibit the relationship among various financial data of the financial statements of a business, are broadly classified into three categories;
- Profitability Ratios
- Liquidity Ratios
- Solvency Ratios
Profitability Ratio: Profitability ratio exhibits how the business is able to earn income for a specific period of time.
Solvency Ratio: Solvency ratio exhibits how the business is able to sustain over a long period of time.
To Ascertain: If G is correct in her judgment about the analysis of the financial statement of a company.
(b)
To Ascertain: Whether the short-term creditors, long-term creditors and the stockholders of a company are interested in the same characteristics of a company.

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