Please select the option that best analyzes the WORKING CAPITAL for our example company. The working capital represents the amount of current assets available to settle our current liabilities. Our example company will definitely be able to pay their current liabilities as they come due.   The working capital represents the amount of current assets available to settle our current liabilities. The current liabilities are not due for more than two years so our current asset amounts are inconsequential.   The working capital represents the amount of current assets available to settle our current liabilities. Our example company will be unable to pay their current liabilities as they come due.   The working capital represents the amount of current assets available to settle our current liabilities. We cannot determine if our example company will be able to pay their current liabilities as they come due.

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Please select the option that best analyzes the WORKING CAPITAL for our example company.

The working capital represents the amount of current assets available to settle our current liabilities. Our example company will definitely be able to pay their current liabilities as they come due.
 
The working capital represents the amount of current assets available to settle our current liabilities. The current liabilities are not due for more than two years so our current asset amounts are inconsequential.
 
The working capital represents the amount of current assets available to settle our current liabilities. Our example company will be unable to pay their current liabilities as they come due.
 
The working capital represents the amount of current assets available to settle our current liabilities. We cannot determine if our example company will be able to pay their current liabilities as they come due.
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Working Capital is the difference between the current assets and current liabilities of a company. It represents whether a firm would be able to meet its short term debt obligations or not. A positive working capital occurs when, current assets > current liabilities and negative working capital occurs when, current assets < current liabilities.

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