Managerial Accounting
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Author: Stacey M Whitecotton Associate Professor, Robert Libby, Fred Phillips Associate Professor
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Chapter 10, Problem 2.6GAP
To determine
Concept introduction:
Return on investment is a profitability ratio that represents the percentage return on the investment made. It is calculated by dividing the Net Income by the Average total assets. The formulas to calculate the ROI are as follows:
To indicate:
The change in the thoughts of each division manager about the proposed project if residual income is used to measure the division performance
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