Elaborate what may happen to other financial ratios

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Please share your view on the following trends in the following financial ratios that you observe for a company. 1) Please elaborate what may happen to other financial ratios when you observe these trends. 2) Elaborate on the causes of these trends. a) Gross Property, Plant, and Equipment goes up 30%, but total assets do not change. b) Operating and administrative expense decline relative to sales by 20% in the prior three years. Sales remained constant. Costs of goods sold to sales remained constant.

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