Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Fitness Fanatics is a regional chain of health clubs that evaluates its club managers based on return on investment (ROI). The company's Springfield Club reported the following results for the past year: Sales Net operating income Average operating assets $750,000 $ 15,000 $ 100,000 The following questions are to be considered independently. 3. Assume the club manager can reduce expenses by $3,000 without any change in sales or average operating assets. What would be the club's return on investment (ROI)? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Return on investment (ROI) %

Consider the following data (in millions) from Trident Financial Incorporated, which has two main divisions, mortgage loans and consumer loans: Mortgage Consumer Loans Loans Average total assets Operating income Return on investment (ROI) $ 2,500 $ 530 $ 17,750 $ 2,485 21.20% 14.00% Required: 1. Based on ROI, which division is more successful? Mortgage loans Consumer loans 2. Trident uses residual income (RI) as a measure of the financial performance of its divisions. What is the RI for each division if the minimum desired rate of return is (a) 10%, (b) 15%, and (c) 20%? (Leave no cells blank. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Enter your answers in millions.) Residual Income (RI) Mortgage Loans Consumer Loans (а) 10% |(b) 15% (c) 20%

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The South Division of Novak Company reported the following data for the current year. Sales   $3,050,000 Variable costs   2,013,000 Controllable fixed costs   610,000 Average operating assets   5,000,000 Top management is unhappy with the investment center’s return on investment (ROI). It asks the manager of the South Division to submit plans to improve ROI in the next year. The manager believes it is feasible to consider the following independent courses of action. 1.   Increase sales by $300,000 with no change in the contribution margin percentage. 2.   Reduce variable costs by $150,000. 3.   Reduce average operating assets by 4.00%. (a) Compute the return on investment (ROI) for the current year. (Round ROI to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.57%.) Return on Investment   enter the return on investment in percentages  % (b) Using the ROI equation, compute the ROI under each of the proposed courses of action. (Round ROI to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.57%.)…