Compute the current ratio

Recall that the current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to meet its short-term financial burdens.

In this exercise, some items from the balance sheet have been defined for you as variables. You will assess these items and use them to compute the current ratio.

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Compute the current ratio using the information provided.

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accounts_receivable = 1298
accounts_payable = 500
short_term_loans = 3357
long_term_loans = 8000
inventory = 5420
long_term_investments = 7892
property_plant_equipment = 9840

# Compute the current ratio
current_ratio = ____
print(current_ratio)

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In this chapter, you will learn how to read and interpret a balance sheet and compute and use financial ratios to evaluate a company's performance using information from the balance sheet. Additionally, you'll gain hands-on experience using the powerful pandas data manipulation package to analyze a company's financial ratios and compare them to its peers in the industry.

Exercise 1: Introduction to the balance sheet Exercise 2: Match balance sheet items to their class Exercise 3: Relation of assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity Exercise 4: Practice using the main equation of accounting Exercise 5: Financial ratios from the balance sheet Exercise 6: Match the ratio to its family Exercise 7: Compute the current ratio

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