Return on Investment (ROI) Is a Very Popular Tool to Evaluate

question 26

Essay

Return on investment (ROI) is a very popular tool to evaluate performance. The measurement of ROI is dependent, in part, on whether fixed assets are valued at acquisition cost or net book value.
List several advantages of acquisition cost and net book value as ways to value long-lived assets.

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Definitions:

Oxidation Number

A number assigned to an atom in a chemical compound that represents the number of electrons lost or gained by the atom.

Carbon

A chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6, fundamental to life and used in countless industrial applications.

Oxidation Number

A concept in chemistry representing the degree of oxidation (loss of electrons) of an atom in a chemical compound.

Chemical Reaction

A process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another, characterized by the breaking and forming of bonds between atoms.