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17.5 End-of-Chapter Problems

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Exercises

  1. Calculate Inventory Conversion Period, Receivables Conversion Period, the Payment Conversion Period and the Operating Cycle for Persistence Inc. given the following information. Use 365 to get average:

    Inventory = 150

    COGS = 2200

    A/R = 80

    Revenues = 1460

    Purchases = 2555

    A/P = 100

  2. Calculate the Cash Conversion Cycle for the above data from Persistence Inc. and graph on a timeline.
  3. Can a Cash Conversion Cycle be negative? Why or why not? What does this mean?