A Company Is Evaluating an Investment

question 102

Essay

A company is evaluating an investment. The company uses the straight-line method of depreciation. Use the following information to compute the accounting rate of return. Show your calculations and round to one decimal place.
$\begin{array}{lr}& \text { Project } \\\text { Investment } & \$ 875,000 \\\text { Residual value } & 0 \\\text { Operating income: } & \\\text { Year 1 } & 120,000 \\\text { Year 2 } & 120,000 \\\text { Year 3 } & 120,000 \\\text { Year 4 } & 120,000 \\\text { Year 5 } & 120,000\end{array}$

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