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Chapter 3, Problem 12P
AllState Trucking Co. has the following ratios compared to its industry for last year:
Explain why the return-on-assets ratio is so much more favorable than the return-on-sales ratio compared to the industry. No numbers are necessary; a one- sentence answer is all that is required.
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