The Lux Company experiences the following unrelated events and transactions during Year 1. The company’s existing current ratio is 2:1 and its quick ratio is 1.2:1. Lux wrote off $5,000 of accounts receivable as uncollectible. A bank notifies Lux that a customer’s check for $411 is returned marked insufficient funds. The customer is bankrupt.

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The Lux Company experiences the following unrelated events and transactions during Year 1. The company’s existing current ratio is 2:1 and its quick ratio is 1.2:1.

  1. Lux wrote off $5,000 of accounts receivable as uncollectible.

  2. A bank notifies Lux that a customer’s check for $411 is returned marked insufficient funds. The customer is

    bankrupt.

  3. The owners of Lux Company make an additional cash investment of $7,500.

  4. Inventory costing $600 is judged obsolete when a physical inventory is taken.

  5. Lux declares a $5,000 cash dividend to be paid during the first week of the next reporting period.

  6. Lux purchases long-term investments for $10,000.

  7. Accounts payable of $9,000 are paid.

  8. Lux borrows $1,200 from a bank and gives a 90-day, 6% promissory note in exchange.

  9. Lux sells a vacant lot for $20,000 that had been used in its operations.

  10. A three-year insurance policy is purchased for $1,500

Separately evaluate the immediate effect of each transaction on the company’s:

Working capital.

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