Flum Packages, Inc The Company Earns 5 Percent on Current Assets and 15

Multiple Choice

Flum Packages, Inc.

$\begin{array}{lrlr}\text { Assets }&&\text { Liabilities \& Equity }\\\hline \text { Current assets } & \$ 10,000 & \text { Current Liabilities } & \$ 5,000 \\\text { Fixed assets } & 20,000 & \text { Long-term debt } & 12,000 \\& & \text { Equity } & 13,000\\&----&&---\\\text { Total }&\$30,000&\text { Total }&\$30,000\\\end{array}$
The company earns 5 percent on current assets and 15 percent on fixed assets. The firm's current liabilities cost 7 percent to maintain and the average annual cost of long-term funds is 20 percent.
-The firm would like to increase its current ratio. This goal would be accomplished most profitably by

A) increasing current liabilities.
B) increasing current assets.
C) decreasing current liabilities.
D) decreasing current assets.