GEN COMBO LL FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING; CONNECT ACCESS CARD
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Author: Fred Phillips Associate Professor
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Chapter 13, Problem 3ME
Interpreting Horizontal Analyses
Refer to the calculations from M13-1. What are the two most significant year-over-year changes in terms of dollars and in terms of percentages? Give one potential cause of each of these changes.
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GEN COMBO LL FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING; CONNECT ACCESS CARD
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