Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, and Times$-$Interest$-$Earned Ratio

The following data is from the current accounting records of Florence Company:

Cash$$480$Accounts receivable $($net of allowance of $$160)800$Inventory$600$Other current assets$320$Accounts payable$429$Other current liabilities$680$

The president of the company is concerned that the company is in violation of a debt covenant that requires the company to maintain a minimum current ratio of $2\mathrm{.}0.$ He believes the best way to rectify this is to reverse a bad debt write$$off in the amount of $$40$ that the company just recorded. He argues that the write$$off was done too early and that the collections department should be given more time to collect the outstanding receivables. The CFO argues that this will have no effect on the current ratio, so a better idea is to use $$40$ of cash to pay accounts payable early. Florence Company uses the allowance method to account for bad debts.

a$.$ Calculate the current ratio under the following scenarios: Round answers to two decimal places.

Current ratio $($with no action$)$Answer $1$Current ratio $($after reversal of bad debt$)$Answer $2$Current ratio $($after paydown of accounts payable$)$Answer $3$

Which action, if any, should Florence Company take to maintain a minimum $2\mathrm{.}0$ current ratio?

Answer $4$No action should be taken.The bad debt write$-$off should be reversed.Cash should be used to pay down accounts payableBoth the bad debt reversal and accounts payable paydown would raise the current ratio.

b$.$ Will either the quick ratio or the times$$interest$$earned ratios be affected by at least one of these

ideas?

Quick ratioAnswer $5$Will be affectedWill not be affectedTimes$-$interest$-$earned ratioAnswer $6$Will be affectedWill not be affected