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Investing Lesson 3
Quiz: How to Analyze a Balance Sheet

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Hershey Foods
Consolidated Balance Sheet (Excerpt) -
December 31, 2000

Assets    
Current Assets

Dec. 31, 2000

Dec. 31, 1999

   Cash and Cash Equivalents $31,969,000 $118,078,000
   Short Term Investments N/A N/A
   Receivables $455,816,000 $433,053,000
   Inventories $605,173,000 $602,202,000

Income Statement (Excerpt) - December 31, 2000

Total Revenue $4,220,976,000 $3,970,924,000
Cost of Revenue $2,471,151,000 $2,354,724,000
Gross Profit $1,749,825,000 $1,616,200,000

Using the information from the two financial statements above, calculate Hershey's Inventory Turn
a) 3.79 b) 4.09
c) 5.32 d) 6.51


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