Klingon Widgets Inc purchased new cloaking machinery three y
Klingon Widgets, Inc., purchased new cloaking machinery three years ago for $12 million. The machinery can be sold to the Romulans today for $11 million. Klingon’s current balance sheet shows net fixed assets of $9 million, current liabilities of $800,000, and net working capital of $221,000. If all the current accounts were liquidated today, the company would receive $1.03 million cash.
a. What is the book value of Klingon’s total assets today?
b.What is the sum of the market value of NWC and the market value of fixed assets?
| Klingon Widgets, Inc., purchased new cloaking machinery three years ago for $12 million. The machinery can be sold to the Romulans today for $11 million. Klingon’s current balance sheet shows net fixed assets of $9 million, current liabilities of $800,000, and net working capital of $221,000. If all the current accounts were liquidated today, the company would receive $1.03 million cash. |
Solution
a) Book value of current assets = Net working capital+Current liabilities = 221000+800000 = $ 1,021,000 Total assets = Net fixed assets+Current assets = 1021000+9000000 = $ 10,021,000 Book value of total assets $ 11,042,000 b) Market value of fixed assets $ 11,000,000 Market value of NWC = Market value of current assets-Current liabilities = 1030000-800000 = $ 230,000 Market value of NWC+Market value of fixed assets $ 11,230,000