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stealth61 [152]
3 years ago
7

Alpha Division had the following information: Average operating asset base in Alpha Division $500,000 Operating income in Alpha

Division $60,000 Cost of capital 14% Target return on investment (ROI) 16% Margin for Alpha Division 21% If the asset base is decreased by $120,000, with no other changes, what will Alpha Division's return on investment be? (Note: Round answer to two decimal places.)
Business
1 answer:
ExtremeBDS [4]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

15.79%

Explanation:

The computation of the return on investment is shown below:

Return on investment  = Operating Income ÷  New operating asset base

where,

Operating income is $60,000

And, the new operating asset is

= $500,000 - $120,000

= $380,000

So, the return on investment is

= $60,000 ÷ $380,000

= 15.79%

By dividing the operating income from the new operating asset base we can get the return on investment

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