Selected comparative information (in thousands) is available for Halpenny Corporation. Halpenny wishes to calculate ratios for 2024

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Selected comparative information (in thousands) is available for Halpenny Corporation.


Halpenny wishes to calculate ratios for 2024 and 2023. 

(a) Calculate the average amounts to be used for accounts receivable, total assets, and total shareholders’ equity in a ratio calculation in (1) 2024 and (2) 2023. 

(b) Identify for which ratio each of the above average amounts would be used. 

(c) Why are averages used in certain ratio calculations and not in others?

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Accounting Principles Volume 2

ISBN: 9781119786634

9th Canadian Edition

Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso, Paul D. Kimmel, Barbara Trenholm, Valerie Warren, Lori Novak

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