Agency Rent-A-Car, Inc., rents cars to customers whose vehicles are unavailable due to accident, theft, or repair (''Wheels while your car heals''). The company has a fleet of more than 40,000 cars located at 700 offices throughout the United States and Canada. Its balance sheets at January 31, 2009 and January 31, 2008, contain the following information (all dollar amounts are stated in thousands of dollars):

Required:
1. What is the dollar amount of current assets and current liabilities at January 31, 2009? At January 31, 2008? What does this information tell you about the company's liquidity?
2. Assume that stockholders were paid dividends of $1,200 during 2009 and that there were no other changes in stockholders' equity except for net income. How much net income did the business earn during theyear?

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1/31/2009 1/31/2008 Assets Cash Accounts receivable Supplies Property and equipment Other assets $ 4,400 27,409 6,864 279,189 15,666 $ 3,308 30,889 7440 287 456 14441 Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Accounts payable Other noncurrent liabilities Stockholders' equity $ 18,152 157,861 157,5% $ 33,184 163,062 147,288 $343,534