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bachelor in business administration
Polytechnic State University Sanluis
Jan-2006 - Nov-2010
CPA
Polytechnic State University
Jan-2012 - Nov-2016
Professor
Harvard Square Academy (HS2)
Mar-2012 - Present
EXERCISE 15–10 Trend Percentages [LO1]
Starkey Company’s sales, current assets, and current liabilities (all in thousands of dollars) have been reported as follows over the last five years (Year 5 is the most recent year):
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Year 5 |
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Year 4 |
 |
Year 3 |
 |
Year 2 |
 |
Year 1 |
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Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$5,625 |
 |
$5,400 |
 |
$4,950 |
 |
$4,725 |
 |
$4,500 |
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Current assets: Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
 $    64 |
 |
 $    72 |
 |
 $    84 |
 |
 $    88 |
 |
 $    80 |
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Accounts receivable . . . . . |
560 |
 |
496 |
 |
432 |
 |
416 |
 |
400 |
|
Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
896 |
 |
880 |
 |
816 |
 |
864 |
 |
800 |
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Total current assets . . . . . . . |
$1,520 |
 |
$1,448 |
 |
$1,332 |
 |
$1,368 |
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$1,280 |
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Current liabilities . . . . . . . . . |
$ Â 390 |
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$ Â 318 |
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$ Â 324 |
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$ Â 330 |
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$ Â 300 |
Required:
1.      Express all of the asset, liability, and sales data in trend percentages. (Show percentages for each item.) Use Year 1 as the base year, and carry computations to one decimal place.
2.      Comment on the results of your analysis.
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