The Fried Green Tomatoes Restaurant has increased its operating cycle from 97.4 days to 101.7 days while the cash cycle has decreased by 2.9 days. How have these changes affected the accounts payable period?

a. Decreased by 11 days
b. Decreased by 5 days
c. Decreased by 1 day
d. Increased by 5 day
e. Increased by 11 days

Respuesta :

Answer:

Increased by 7.2 days

Explanation:

As in the question it is mentioned that the operating cycle is increased from 97.4 days to 101.7 days so the difference in days is

= 101.7 days - 97.4 days

= 4.3 days

And, the cash cycle is decreased by 2.9 days

So, the total number of days would be

= 4.3 days + 2.9 days

= 7.2 days

These have been the negative impacts

The options that are mentioned in wrong and the above is the righ answer