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question 141

Multiple Choice

Gauntlett Inc. reported the following results from last year's operations: $\begin{array}{lr}\text { Sales } & \$ 12,000,000 \\\text { Variable expenses } & 9,580,000 \\\text { Contribution margin } & 2,420,000 \\\text { Fixed expenses } & 1,460,000\\\text { Net operating income }&\$960,000\\\text { Average operating assets }&\$5,000,000\end{array}$ At the beginning of this year, the company has a $1,300,000 investment opportunity with the following characteristics:
$\begin{array}{lc}\text { Sales } & \$ 4,680,000 \\\text { Contribution margin ratio } & 50 \% \text { of sales } \\\text { Fixed expenses } & \$ 2,059,200\end{array}$ The turnover for this year's investment opportunity considered alone is closest to:

• A) 16.67
• B) 0.06
• C) 0.28
• D) 3.60

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Definitions:

Marketable Securities

Financial instruments that can be easily converted into cash because they have high liquidity and short maturities.

Financial Leverage

Employing the use of debt to boost the prospective profits of an investment, which in turn escalates the risk of experiencing a loss.

Debt-To-Equity Ratio

The ratio portraying the financial interplay between shareholder equity and debt in the capital structure for assets.

Net New Bonds

The total value of newly issued bonds minus the bonds that have matured or been bought back by the issuer within a specific period.