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The Balance Sheet Resources scoring guide icon Discussion Participation Scoring Guide. Place
yourself in the role of one of the following stakeholders in a company: an investor, a creditor, or
a manager. Summarize the information you would look for on each of the four basic financial
statements, and explain why that information is pertinent to you. Include answers to two of the
four questions below in your summary: •Why is the balance sheet important in order to
understand the financial condition of the organization? •What types of accounts are found in
the balance sheet, and how are the accounts arranged and grouped? •What types of business
transactions add to the balances in each grouping of accounts on the balance sheet? •What
types of information may users of the balance sheet discern by properly analyzing it? Post your
answers in this discussion, then proceed to the response guidelines. Response Guidelines
Respond to at least two other learners who assumed a role other than the one you took on for this
discussion. Compare and contrast the way someone in their roles would use the financial
statements to the way you in your role would use them.
Solution
As an Investor:

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