Please answer fully P$4\mathrm{.}10$ A restaurant has the following statistical information calculated from its

financial statements for the past three years:

Using this information, answer each of the following questions and ex

plain your answer. $*$A simple yes, no$,$ more, less, or maybe won't do$!$ A

comment is required in each case.

a$.$ Are current assets in relation to current liabilities increasing or

decreasing?

b$.$ Is the restaurant becoming more or less efficient in the collection of

its credit card receivables?

c$.$ Is the restaurant becoming more or less efficient in the collection of

its accounts receivable?

d$.$ Over the three$-$year period, has more or less money been tied up in

food inventory?

e$.$ With the stockholders' viewpoint in mind, is profitability improving

or not improving?

f$.$ If the restaurant needed to borrow capital through long$-$term debt,

would it be easier to find a lender now than three years ago?

g$.$ Has the restaurant been using leverage to the advantage of the stock$-$

holders over the three$-$year period?