A company purchased new furniture at a cost of $32,000 on September 30. The furniture is estimated to have a useful life of 5 years and a salvage value of $3,800. The company uses the straight-line method of depreciation. How much depreciation expense will be recorded for the furniture for the first year ended December 31?
a. $470
b. $5,590
c. $1,600
d. $1,790
e. $1,410

Afirm wants to strengthen its financial position. which of the following actions would increase its current ratio? a. reduce the company's days' sales outstanding to the industry average and use the resulting cash savings to purchase plant and equipment.b. use cash to repurchase some of the company's own stock.c. borrow using short-term debt and use the proceeds to repay debt that has a maturity of more than one year.d. issue new stock, then use some of the proceeds to purchase additional inventory and hold the remainder as cash.e. use cash to increase inventory holdings.