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DP 13–1

20 August, 2015 - 10:35

The selected financial information presented below has been derived from the financial statements of four companies. Each of the companies belongs to one of the following industries: (1) public accounting, (2) vehicle manufacturing, (3) airline, and (4) retail grocery sales.

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Required:

  1. Which of the companies would be expected to have relatively large investments in receivables? in inventories? in property, plant, and equipment?
  2. Which company would have high gross profit? a high rate of depreciation?
  3. Identify the industry to which each company belongs.