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问题如下：

Which of the following choices best describes reasonable conclusions that the analyst might make about the two companies’ ability to pay their current and long-term obligations?

选项：

A.Company A’s current ratio of 4.0 indicates it is more liquid than Company B, whose current ratio is only 1.2, but Company B is more solvent, as indicated by its lower debt-to-equity ratio.

B.Company A’s current ratio of 0.25 indicates it is less liquid than Company B, whose current ratio is 0.83, and Company A is also less solvent, as indicated by a debt-to-equity ratio of 200 percent compared with Company B’s debt-to-equity ratio of only 30 percent.

C.Company A’s current ratio of 4.0 indicates it is more liquid than Company B, whose current ratio is only 1.2, and Company A is also more solvent, as indicated by a debt-to-equity ratio of 200 percent compared with Company B’s debt-to-equity ratio of only 30 percent.

解释：

A is correct. Company A’s current ratio of 4.0 (= USD40,000/USD10,000) indicates it is more liquid than Company B, whose current ratio is only 1.2 (=USD60,000/USD50,000). Company B is more solvent, as indicated by its lower debt-to-equity ratio of 30 percent (= USD150,000/USD500,000) compared with Company A’s debt-to-equity ratio of 200 percent (= USD60,000/USD30,000).