Current Year Previous Year Current assets: Cash $410,900 $325,000 Marketable securities 541,100 383,500 Accounts and notes receivable (net) 666,200 461,500 Inventories 1,193,300 788,800 Prepaid expenses 590,200 490,400 Total current assets $3,401,700 $2,449,200 Current liabilities: Accounts and notes payable (short-term) $630,800 $520,000 Accrued liabilities 239,200 260,000 Total current liabilities $870,000 $780,000 This information has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file. Open the spreadsheet, perform the required analysis, and input your answers in the questions below. Open spreadsheet Determine for each year (1) the working capital, (2) the current ratio, and (3) the quick ratio. Round the ratios to one decimal place and the working capital to the nearest dollar.

Symantec corp., located in cupertino, california, is one of the world's largest producers of security and systems management software. the company's consolidated balance sheets for the 2009 and 2008 fiscal years included the following ($ in thousands): current assets: receivables, less allowances of $21,766 in 2009 and $24,089 in 2008 $ 838,010 $ 758,700 a disclosure note accompanying the financial statements reported the following ($ in thousands): year ended 2009 2008 (in thousands) trade accounts receivable, net: receivables $ 859,776 $ 782,789 less: allowance for doubtful accounts (8,938) (8,990) less: reserve for product returns (12,828) (15,099) trade accounts receivable, net: $ 838,010 $ 758,700 assume that the company reported bad debt expense in 2009 of $2,000 and had products returned for credit totaling $3,230 (sales price). net sales for 2009 were $6,174,800 (all numbers in thousands).required: what is the amount of accounts receivable due from customers at the end of 2009 and 2008? what amount of accounts receivable did symentec write off during 2009? what is the amount of symentec’s gross sales for the 2009 fiscal year? assuming that all sales are made on a credit basis, what is the amount of cash symentec collected from customers during the 2009 fiscal year?

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