Answer:
Cold Goose Metal Works Inc.
Balance Sheet
For Year Ending December 31 (Millions of Dollars)
Year 2 Year 1
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents <u> $5,766 </u> $4,612
Accounts receivable 2,109 1.688
Inventories 6,187 4,950
Total current assets $14,062 $11,250
Net fixed assets:
Net plant and equipment <u> $17,188</u> $13.750
Total assets $31,250 $25,000
Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $0 $0
Accruals 293 0
Notes payable 1,660 1,562
Total current abilities <u> $1,953 </u> $1,562
Long-term debt 5,859 4,688
Total debt $7,812 $6,250
Common equity
Common stock 15.235 12,188
Retained earnings <u> $8,203 </u> 6,562
Total abilities and equity $31,250 $25,000
Statement #1: Cold Goose’s pool of relatively liquid assets, which are available to support the company’s current and future sales, decreased from Year 1 to Year 2.
This statement is <u>FALSE</u>, because: Cold Goose’s total current asset balance increased from $11,250 million to $14,062 million between Year 1 and Year 2
Statement #2: Over the past two years, Cold Goose Metal Works Inc. has relied more on the use of short-term debt than on long-term debt financing.
This statement is <u>FALSE</u>, because: Cold Goose’s total current liabilities increased by $391 million, while its use of long-term debt increased by $1,171 million
Statement #3: One way to interpret the change in Cold Goose’s accounts receivable balance from Year 1 to Year 2 is that more customers purchased new items on credit rather than paying off existing credit accounts.
This statement is <u>TRUE</u>, because:The $421 increase in accounts receivable means either that Year 1’s existing credit customers are not paying off their owed balances and new or existing customers are making additional purchases on credit, or that Year 1’s credit customers have repaid their owed balances and Year 2 credit sales have exceeded Year 1’s credit sales
Based on your understanding of the different items reported on the balance sheet and the information they provide, if everything else remains the same, then the cash and equivalents item on the current balance sheet is likely to <u>DECREASE</u> if the firm buys a new plant and equipment at a cost of $1 million with liquid capital.
