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Question:Refer to Apple’s financial statements in Appendix A for the following questions.

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3. Compute its debt ratio for each of the fiscal years ended September 26, 2015, and September 27, 2014. (Report ratio in percent and round it to one decimal.)

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Answer

September 2015 - 59%

September 2014 - 52%

Step by step solution

01

Debt ratio

The debt ratio is the ratio between the total obligations of the business and the total resources owned by it. Thus, it is the ratio that computes the portion of resources or assets claimed by the external parties

02

 Step 2: Debt ratio (2015)

Debitratio(2015)=Totalliabilities(2015)Totalasset(2015)=$171,124$290,479=0.56or59%

03

 Step 3: Debt ratio (2014)

Debitratio(2014)=Totalliabilities(2014)Totalasset(2014)=$120,292$231,839=0.52or52%

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