For several years, Flame Corporation has had a current ratio that was consistent with the other companies in its industry. For most recent year, Flame's current ratio was significantly higher than that of the industry. What is the best possible explanation for this situation

Ming chen began a professional practice on june 1 and plans to prepare financial statements at the end of each month. during june, ming chen (the owner) completed these transactions. a. owner invested $61,000 cash in the company along with equipment that had a $25,000 market value. b. the company paid $1,900 cash for rent of office space for the month. c. the company purchased $15,000 of additional equipment on credit (payment due within 30 days). d. the company completed work for a client and immediately collected the $2,100 cash earned. e. the company completed work for a client and sent a bill for $7,000 to be received within 30 days. f. the company purchased additional equipment for $5,500 cash. g. the company paid an assistant $3,000 cash as wages for the month. h. the company collected $5,200 cash as a partial payment for the amount owed by the client in transaction e. i. the company paid $15,000 cash to settle the liability created in transaction c. j. owner withdrew $1,500 cash from the company for personal use. required: enter the impact of each transaction on individual items of the accounting equation. (enter decreases to account balances with a minus sign.)

If a product goes up in price, and the demand for it drops, that product's demand is a. elastic b. inelastic c. stable d. fixed select the best answer from the choices provided

Exercise 4-9presented below is information related to martinez corp. for the year 2017.net sales $1,399,500 write-off of inventory due to obsolescence $80,440cost of goods sold 788,200 depreciation expense omitted by accident in 2016 43,600selling expenses 65,800 casualty loss 53,900administrative expenses 53,500 cash dividends declared 43,300dividend revenue 22,100 retained earnings at december 31, 2016 1,042,400interest revenue 7,420 effective tax rate of 34% on all items exercise 4-9 presented below is information relateexercise 4-9 presented below is information relate prepare a multiple-step income statement for 2017. assume that 61,500 shares of common stock are outstanding. (round earnings per share to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.49.)prepare a separate retained earnings statement for 2017. (list items that increase retained earnings first.)