The financial information for Pear Company is provided below: Sales $2.8 million Cost of goods sold $2.3 million Purchases $2.1 million Average receivables $0.6 million Average inventory $0.5 million Average payables $0.2 million The company's cash conversion cycle is closest to: (Choose the closest one.) Select one: A. 122 days B. 192 days C. 129 days D. 114 days

A. 122 days

Explanation:

The computation of the cash conversion cycle is shown below:

= DAys sales outstanding + days inventory outstanding - days payable outstanding

where

Days sales outstanding is

= 365 ÷ $2.8 ÷ $0.6

= 78.16 days

The days inventory oustandings is

= 365 ÷ $2.3 ÷ $0.5

= 79.35 days

And, the days payable outstanding is

= 365 ÷ $2.1 ÷ $0.2

= 34.76 days

Now the cash conversion cycle is

= 78.16 days + 79.35 days - 34.76 days

= 122.75 days

= 122 days

answer; tech (a) is correct;