An Investment Center Generated a Contribution Margin of $200,000, Fixed

question 141

Multiple Choice

An investment center generated a contribution margin of $200,000, fixed costs of $100,000 and sales of $1,000,000. The center's average operating assets were $400,000. How much is the return on investment?

• A) 25%
• B) 175%
• C) 50%
• D) 75%

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Definitions:

Foreign Key

A field in a database table that creates a link between two tables, identifying a row in another table to establish a relationship.

Primary Key

A unique identifier for each record in a database, used to ensure that each row represents a unique instance of the entity modeled by the table.

Secondary Key

A database attribute used for sorting and/or indexing data, which is not the primary key.

Relational Database Model

Data model based on the simple concept of tables in order to capitalize on characteristics of rows and columns of data.