Tesla Motors "Going Green" Doesn't Have to Be Boring.The Tesla Roadster Sport

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Tesla Motors
"Going green" doesn't have to be boring.The Tesla Roadster Sport is an electric car that goes from 0 to 60 in four seconds and drives more like a race car than an environmentally-friendly ride.But that level of performance will set you back $128,500.As of 2009,Silicon Valley-based Tesla Motors,Inc.was the only company offering highway-compatible electric cars.Most Roadster Sport buyers are car enthusiasts and are buying them for the "fun toy" aspect of having an electric car rather than for environmental reasons.
-Refer to Tesla Motors.If Tesla had assets of $5 million and net profits after taxes of $550,000,what is Tesla's return on investment (ROI) ?

• A) 1 percent
• B) 9 percent
• C) 11 percent
• D) $14,135
• E) $4,450,000

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