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What ratio is used to measure a firm's ability to pay its current liabilities and what does this ratio tell a manager? How can a low ratio be improved?

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A form of employee training that is accomplished by having a trainee learn by doing the work under the supervision of an experienced employee is called
 A) on-the-job training.
  B) role-playing.
  C) classroom teaching and lectures.
  D) conferences and seminars.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
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A firm's current ratio can be used to evaluate a firm's ability to pay its current liabilities. A firm's current ratio is computed by dividing current assets by current liabilities. The average current ratio for all industries is 2.0, but it varies greatly from industry to industry. A high current ratio indicates that a firm can pay its current liabilities. A low current ratio can be improved by repaying current liabilities, by reducing dividend payments to stockholders to increase the firm's cash balance, or by obtaining additional cash from investors.

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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