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Consider the case of Green Catepillar Garden Supplies Inc.: Green Catepillar Garden Supplies Inc. is a mature firm that has a stable flow of business. The following data was taken from its financial statements last year: Annual sales Cost of goods sold Inventory Accounts receivable Accounts payable $9,500,000 $6,650,000 $2,800,000 $2,100,000 $2,700,000 Green Catepillar's CFO is interested in determining the length of time funds are tied up in working capital. Use the information in the preceding table to complete the following table. (Note: Use 365 days as the length of a year in all calculations, and round all values to two decimal places.) Value Inventory Conversion Period Average collection period Payables Deferral Period Cash conversion cycle 27.10 days 86.16 days 29.96 days Both the inventory conversion period and payables deferral period25.68 days daily COGS in their denominators, whereas the average collection period uses average daily sales in its denominator. Why do these measures use different inputs? O Current assets should be divided by sales, but current liabilities should be divided by the COGS O Inventory and accounts payable are carried at cost on the balance sheet, whereas accounts receivable are recorded at the price at which goods are sold. Is there generally a positive or negative relationship between net working capital and the cash conversion cycle? (In other words, if a firm has a high level of net working capital, is it lkely to have a high or low cash conversion cycle?) O There is a positive relationship between net working capital and the cash conversion cycle. O There is a negative relationship between net working capital and the cash conversion cycle

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