Selected Data from Division a of Green Company Are as Follows

question 21

Multiple Choice

Selected data from Division A of Green Company are as follows:
$\begin{array}{lcc}\text { Sales } & \$ & 500,000 \\\text { Average investment } & \$ & 300,000 \\\text { Operating income } & \$ & 60,000 \\\text { Minimum rate of return } & & 15 \%\end{array}$ Division A's return on sales (ROS) is:

• A)1.8%.
• B)7.5%.
• C)12.0%.
• D)20.0%.
• E)48.0%.

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Definitions:

Damages

Financial compensation awarded to a party in a lawsuit for loss or injury caused by the actions of another.

Plaintiff

The party who initiates a lawsuit or legal action against another party (the defendant) in a court of law, alleging harm or infringement of rights.

Superseding Cause

An intervening cause that alters the natural sequence of events and relieves the original party from liability in a legal context.

Causal Chain

A sequence of events where each event is the result of the previous one and causes the next, often used in legal and philosophical arguments.