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Chess Company uses LIFO for inventory costing and reports the following financial data. It...

Chess Company uses LIFO for inventory costing and reports the following financial data. It also recomputed inventory and cost of goods sold using FIFO for comparison purposes.

 

2011

2010

LIFO inventory 

$150

$100

LIFO cost of goods sold

730

670

FIFO inventory 

220

125

FIFO cost of goods sold

685

Current assets (using LIFO)

210

180

Current liabilities 

190

170

1. Compute its current ratio, inventory turnover, and days’ sales in inventory for 2011 using (a) LIFO numbers and (b) FIFO numbers. (Round answers to one decimal.)


2. Comment on and interpret the results of part 1.

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