Financial Accounting, Student Value Edition (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134728520
Author: Robert Kemp, Jeffrey Waybright
Publisher: PEARSON
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Explain the situation that would result in the shrinkage of gross profit from 60 percent to 40 percent over the years.
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Financial Accounting, Student Value Edition (5th Edition)
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