For Year 1,Division C of Deerfield Company Reported Operating Assets

question 75

Essay

For Year 1,Division C of Deerfield Company reported operating assets of $8,800,000,revenues of $6,600,000,and operating expenses of $5,760,000.The company has established a target return on investment (ROI)of 10% for the division.
Required:
1)Calculate the Year 1 ROI for the division.Did the division achieve its target ROI for the year?
2)For Year 2,Division C managers expect that its operating assets will stay at about the same level as for Year 1.Variable expenses for Year 1 were $3,960,000,and the remaining expenses were fixed.The managers expect that the contribution margin ratio for Year 2 will be the same as for Year 1 and that the amount of fixed expenses will not change.To what level must sales increase in Year 2 to achieve the target ROI?

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Definitions:

Hypothesized Proportion Value

A specified value of a population proportion in hypothesis testing that serves as the basis for comparing with the proportion observed in the sample data.

Proportion

A part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole; a fraction or percentage of a total.

Z-Test

A statistical test used to determine whether two population means are different when the variances are known and the sample size is large.

One-Sample Test

A statistical procedure used to determine if a sample comes from a population with a specific characteristic or parameter.