Identify whether Company WWW ability to pay its current liabilities and long-term debts during the year 2018 after computing the following ratios for last two years (2017 and 2018) (a) current ratio , (b) quick ratio, (c) debt ratio and (d) interest coverage ratio.

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Identify whether Company WWW ability to pay its current liabilities and long-term debts during the year 2018 after computing the following ratios for last two years (2017 and 2018) (a) current ratio, (b) quick ratio, (c) debt ratio and (d) interest coverage ratio.

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