Excerpts from Stys Corporation's Most Recent Balance Sheet and Income

question 145

Multiple Choice

Excerpts from Stys Corporation's most recent balance sheet and income statement appear below: Dividends on common stock during Year 2 totaled $50 thousand. Dividends on preferred stock totaled $10 thousand. The market price of common stock at the end of Year 2 was $8.20 per share.
-The return on total assets for Year 2 is closest to:

• A) 8.15%
• B) 9.60%
• C) 9.67%
• D) 8.21%

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Definitions:

Tooth Height

The vertical dimension of a tooth in gears or sprockets from the top to the base.

Diametral Pitch

A specification used in the design of gears, defined as the number of teeth per inch of the diameter of the gear.

Pitch Diameter

The diameter of an imaginary cylindrical surface delimited by the points where the teeth of a gear or thread profile make contact with the corresponding parts of another gear or thread.

Outside Diameter

The measurement of the distance across the widest point of a cylindrical or round object's exterior.