Question

At​ year-end, Simple has cash of $ 22 comma 000​, current accounts receivable of $ 80 comma 000​, merchandise inventory of $ 24 comma 000​, and prepaid expenses totaling $ 4 comma 600. Liabilities of $ 64 comma 000 must be paid next year. Assume accounts receivable had a beginning balance of $ 40 comma 000 and net credit sales for the current year totaled $ 480 comma 000. How many days did it take Simple to collect its average level of​ receivables? ​(Assume 365​ days/year. Round any interim calculations to two decimal places. Round the number of days to the nearest whole​ number.)

Answer 1

45.62 days

Step-by-step explanation:

For computing the average number of days receivables, first, we have to calculate the account receivable ratio. The formula is shown below:

Account receivable ratio = Net credit sales ÷ Average accounts receivable

where,

Average account receivable = (Beginning account receivable balance + ending account receivable balance) ÷ 2

Now put these values to the above formula

So, the answer would be equal to

= $480,000 ÷ ($40,000 + $80,000 ÷ 2)

= $480,000 ÷ $60,000

= 8 times

Now, the average level of​ receivables equals to

= Total number of days in a year ÷ Account receivable ratio

= 365 days ÷ 8

= 45.62 days