Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9780077826482
Author: Stacey M Whitecotton Associate Professor, Robert Libby, Fred Phillips Associate Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13, Problem 8E
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Cintas Corporation is the largest uniform supplier in North America. Selected information from its annual report follows. For the 2013 fiscal year, the company reported sales revenue of $43 billion and Cost of Goods Sold of $25 billion.
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Assuming that all sales are on credit, compute the
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