WAEC Accounting Past Questions & Answers - Page 160

UCHENNA ENTERPRISES: Balance sheet as at 31st December, 1993 \(\begin{array}{c|c} & N & N & & N \\ \hline Capital & 84,000 & & \text{Land and building} & 45,000 \\ \text{Add net profit} & 15,000 & 99,000 & \text{Furniture and Fittings} & 34,000 \\ \text{Less drawings} & & 9,000 & Stock & 28,000 \\ & & \overline{90,000} & debtors & 22,000 \\ debtors Creditors & & 25,000 & cash & 1,000 \\ Accruals & & 15,000 & & \\ & & \overline{130,000} & & \overline{130,000} \end{array}\)

Current assets amount to

UCHENNA ENTERPRISES: Balance sheet as at 31st December, 1993 \(\begin{array}{c|c} & N & N & & N \\ \hline Capital & 84,000 & & \text{Land and building} & 45,000 \\ \text{Add net profit} & 15,000 & 99,000 & \text{Furniture and Fittings} & 34,000 \\ \text{Less drawings} & & 9,000 & Stock & 28,000 \\ & & \overline{90,000} & debtors & 22,000 \\ debtors Creditors & & 25,000 & cash & 1,000 \\ Accruals & & 15,000 & & \\ & & \overline{130,000} & & \overline{130,000} \end{array}\)

Capital employed is

UCHENNA ENTERPRISES: Balance sheet as at 31st December, 1993 \(\begin{array}{c|c} & N & N & & N \\ \hline Capital & 84,000 & & \text{Land and building} & 45,000 \\ \text{Add net profit} & 15,000 & 99,000 & \text{Furniture and Fittings} & 34,000 \\ \text{Less drawings} & & 9,000 & Stock & 28,000 \\ & & \overline{90,000} & debtors & 22,000 \\ debtors Creditors & & 25,000 & cash & 1,000 \\ Accruals & & 15,000 & & \\ & & \overline{130,000} & & \overline{130,000} \end{array}\)

Working capital amounts to

Which of the following is the effect of a reduction in the provision for doubtful debts?

\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N \\ \hline \text{Fixed assets} & 12,000 \\ \text{Current assets} & 5,000 \\ \text{Current liabilities} & 2,300 \\ Capital & 10,000 \\ \text{Long term liabilities} & 4,700\end{array}\)

The working capital is