The Following Information Pertains to the Three Divisions of Merrymount

question 109

Multiple Choice

The following information pertains to the three divisions of Merrymount Company: $\begin{array}{lrrr}&\text { Division } X& \text { Division } Y& \text { Division } Z\\\text { Sales } & ? & ? & 1,250,000 \\\text { Net operating income } & \$ 36,000 & \$ 25,000 & \$ 7,000 \\\text { Average operating assets } & 300,000 & ? & ? \\\text { Retum on investment } & ? & 20 \% & 15 \% \\\text { Margin } & 0.10 & 0.05 & ? \\\text { Turnover } & 1.5 & ? & ? \\\text { Target ROI } & 15 \% & 12 \% & 10 \%\end{array}$ What are the sales for Division Y?

• A)$500,000
• B)$125,000
• C)$208,333
• D)$25,000

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Definitions:

Income Elasticity of Demand

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in consumers' income, holding all other factors constant.

Inferior Good

An inferior good is a type of good whose demand decreases when consumer income rises, unlike normal goods, where demand increases with rising consumer income.

Normal Good

A type of good for which demand increases when income increases, and vice versa, displaying a positive correlation between income and demand.

Cross Elasticity of Demand

A measure of how the quantity demanded of one good responds to a change in the price of another good, indicating the degree of substitutability or complementarity between the two goods.