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The Global Products Corporation has three subsidiaries.

Medical supplies

Heavy machinery

Electronics

Sales

\(20,040,000

\)5,980,000

\(4,730,000

Net Income (after tax)

1,700,000

592,000

402,000

Assets

8,340,000

8,760,000

3,570,000

d. If the \)8,760,000 investment in the heavy machinery division is sold off and redeployed in the medical supplies subsidiary at the same rate of return on assets currently achieved in the medical supplies division, what will be the new return on assets for the entire corporation?

Short Answer

Expert verified

The return on assets of the entire corporation after deployment of assets in the medical supplies is 18.81%.

Step by step solution

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Return on redeployed assets in medical supplies

Returnonredeployedassets=Redeployedassets×Returnonassetsofmedicalsupplies=$8,760,000×20.38%=$1,785,288

02

Return on assets for the entire corporation

Returnonassets=NetincomeAssets=$1,700,000+$1,785,288+$402,000$8,340,000+$8,760,000+$3,570,000=$3,887,288$20,670,000=18.81%

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