AA 8-1 Company Analysis LO C2, A1
Use Apple's financial statements in Appendix A to answer the following.
Required:
1. Identify the total amount of cash and cash equivalents for fiscal years ended (a) September 30, 2017, and (b) September 24,2016.
2. Compute cash and cash equivalents as a percent of total current assets, total current liabilities, total shareholders' equity, and total assets at fiscal year-end for both 2017 and 2016.
3. Compute the percent change between the beginning and ending year amounts of cash and cash equivalents for fiscal years ended
(a) September 30, 2017, and (b) September 24, 2016 .
4. Compute the days' sales uncollected as of (a) September 30, 2017, and (b) September 24, 2016.
5. Does Apple's collection of receivables show a favorable or unfavorable change?

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The following summarized data (amounts in millions) are taken from the September 30, 2017, and September 24, 2016, comparative financial statements of Apple Inc., a company that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices and personal computers; sells a variety of related software, services, accessories, networking solutions, and offers third-party digital content and applications: 2017...
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2017 $ 229, 234 114,048 61,344 $ 48,351 2016 $ 215,639 131,376 60,024 $ 45,687 $ 20,289 53,892 17,874 4,855 17,799 13,936 128,645 194,714 33,783 5,717 2,298 10,162 $ 375, 319 $ 20,484 46,671 15, 754 2,132 13, 545 8,283 106,869 170, 430 27,010 5,414 3,206 8,757 $ 321,686 For the Fiscal Years Ended September 30 and September 24, respectively: Net sales Costs of sales Operating income Net income At Year End: Assets Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents Short-term...