The solutions to the questions below should be typed (Word or Excel file) and show all steps of calculations. (No points will be given without the steps or work to the final answers)
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1. Discuss the difference between book values and market values and explain which one is more important to the financial manager and why.
2. Bonner Collision has shareholders' equity of $141,800. The firm owes a total of $126,000 of which 60 percent is payable within the next year. The firm net fixed assets of $161,900. What is the amount of the net working capital?
3. Kaylor Equipment Rental paid $75 in dividends and $511 in interest expense. The addition to retained earnings is $418 and net new equity is $500. The tax rate is 35 percent. Sales are $15,900 and depreciation is $680. What are the earnings before interest and taxes?
4. The Widget Co. purchased new machinery three years ago for $4 million. The machinery can be sold to the Roman Co. today for $2 million. The Widget Co.'s current balance sheet shows net fixed assets of $2,500,000, current liabilities of $1,375,000, and net working capital of $725,000. If all the current assets were liquidated today, the company would receive $1.9 million in cash. The book value of the Widget Co.'s assets today is _____ and the market value of those assets is _____.
5. What is the amount of dividends paid in 2011?
6. Al's Sport Store has sales of $897,400, costs of goods sold of $628,300, inventory of $208,400, and accounts receivable of $74,100. How many days, on average, does it take the firm to sell its inventory assuming that all sales are on credit?
7. The Purple Martin has annual sales of $687,400, total debt of $210,000, total equity of $365,000, and a profit margin of 4.80 percent. What is the return on assets?
8. The Home Supply Co. has a current accounts receivable balance of $280,000. Credit sales for the year just ended were $1,830,000. How