Introduction to Financial Statements
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Solution 189 (5 min.)
Be. 190
On June 1, 2014, Shaw Company prepared a balance sheet that shows the following:
Assets (no cash) …………………………………………………………….. $125,000
Liabilities ……………………………………………………………………….. 75,000
Stockholders’ Equity …………………………………………………………. 50,000
Shortly thereafter, all of the assets were sold for cash.
How would the balance sheet appear immediately after the sale of the assets for cash for each of
the following cases?
Cash Received for Balances Immediately After Sale
the Assets Assets – Liabilities = Stockholders’ Equity
Cash A $135,000 $________ $________ $________
Cash B 120,000 ________ ________ ________
Cash C 105,000 ________ ________ ________
Ans: N/A, LO: 5, Bloom: AN, Difficulty: Medium, Min: 5, AACSB: Analytic, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory Perspective, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC:
Problem Solving, IMA: Business Economics
Solution 190 (5 min.)
Be. 191
Compute the missing amount in each category of the accounting equation.
Assets Liabilities Stockholders’ Equity
(a) $243,000 $ ? $ 91,000
(b) $183,000 $ 75,000 $ ?
(c) $ ? $212,000 $310,000
Ans: N/A, LO: 5, Bloom: AN, Difficulty: Medium, Min: 5, AACSB: Analytic, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory Perspective, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC:
Problem Solving, IMA: Reporting