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McGhee Corporation, founded in the late 1980s by Calvin McGhee, specializes in
“jobber” sales at truck stops and travel centers across the U.S. and Canada. By the end of 2003,
McGhee Corporation had become one of the largest jobbers in the U.S. This is when Calvin had
decided to take some time for himself. He wished to step back and travel a bit. In order to
accomplish this, he needed his new assistant Sheryl Plath to run the business during his absences.
To test Sheryl’s ability to do this Calvin came up with some exercises to accomplish. These are
the results of those exercises.
First we will convert the income statement into the firm’s daily sales, daily cost of goods
sold, average daily purchases, and average operating expenses.