Spartan Sportswear's current assets consist of cash, marketable securities, accounts receivable, and inventories. The following data were abstracted from a recent financial statement: Inventories $ 180,000
Total assets $ 840,000
Current ratio 3.50
Acid-test ratio 2.00
Debt to equity ratio 1.80
Required:
Compute the long-term liabilities for Spartan:
Computation of Spartan Long term liability -
current ratio = current assets/ current liabilities
3.50 = x/current liabilities --------------------equation 1
Acid-test ratio = (current assets - inventory) / current liabilities
2 = (x - 180000)/current liabilities ------------------------equation (2)
divide equation no. 1 by equation no. 2
3.50/2 = x/current liabilties/(x-180000)/current liabilities
3.50/2 = x/(x-180000)
cross multiply
3.50*(x-180000) = 2x
3.50x - 630000 = 2x
1.50x = 630000
x = $ 420000
now put x = $ 420000 in equation no. 1
3.50 = 420000/current liabilities
current liabilities = 420000/3.5
= 120000
formula for, Debt equity ratio = Long term debt/shareholder's equity
now suppose long term debt = a
so by the accounting equation, equity + long term debt + short term debt = Total Assets
shareholder equity = Total assets - long term debt - short term debt
= 840000 - a - 120000
= 720000 - a
put all values in above formula
1.80 = a/(720000-a)
1.80*720000 - 1.80*a = a
1296000 = 2.8a
a = 1296000/2.8
= 462857.1
long term liabilities for spartan = $ 462857.1
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