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question 237

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions
Excerpts from Dowling Company's December 31,2016 and 2015,financial statements and key ratios are presented below (all numbers are in millions) :

-Dowling's return on equity for 2016 is (rounded) :

• A)22%.
• B)24.3%.
• C)17.4%.
• D)9%.

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