Dingo Division's Operating Results Include: Controllable Margin of $150000 Sales

question 127

Multiple Choice

Dingo Division's operating results include: controllable margin of $150000 sales totaling $1200000 and average operating assets of $500000. Dingo is considering a project with sales of $100000 expenses of $86000 and an investment of average operating assets of $200000. Dingo's required rate of return is 9%. Should Dingo accept this project?

• A) Yes ROI will drop by 6.6% which is still above the minimum required rate of return.
• B) No the return is less than the required rate of 9%.
• C) Yes ROI still exceeds the cost of capital.
• D) No ROI will decrease to 7%.

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Definitions:

CPI

Consumer Price Index, a measure indicating the average price level of a basket of goods and services purchased by households, used to estimate inflation.

Base Year

A reference year against which economic or financial data is compared to measure economic performance or inflation.

Prices

Monetary values assigned to goods and services, which are determined by supply and demand dynamics in the market.

Misery Index

An economic indicator created by summing the unemployment rate and the inflation rate, intended to measure the health of an economy.