Sheridan, Inc., has net income of $15,300,000 on net sales of $450,000,000.The company has total assets of $125,000,000 and stoc
kholders’ equity of $40,000,000. Use the extended DuPont identity to find the return on assets and return on equity for the firm. (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 12.25 or 12.25%.)
Minimum wages can be defined as the minimum level of wages that an employer is supposed to pay to workers for their work. It cannot be reduced through an individual contract or collective agreement.
Minimum wages are fixed above the equilibrium level of wages. At this level, the demand for labor is lower while supply is more because of high wages. This creates surplus labor in the market.
It can be seen from the above information that current market price is less than the average variable cost, i.e, $7.50 < $8.00.
Mrs. Smith should shut down its production in the short run as well as in the long run until the point where current market price is greater than or equal to average variable cost.
