Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide provides lodging services around the world. The company is separated into two major divisions.

· Hotel Ownership: Hotels owned and operated by Starwood.

· Vacation Ownership: Resort Properties developed, owned, and operated for timeshare vacation owners.

Financial information for each division, from a recent annual report, is as follows (in millions)

(a) Use the Dupont formula to determine the return on investment for each of the starwood business divisions. Round whole percents to one decimal place and investment turnover to two decimal places.(b) Determine the residual income for each division, assuming a minimum acceptable income of 8% of total assets. Round minimal acceptable return to the nearest million dollars(c) Interpret your results

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Hotel Ownership Vacation Ownership $ 894 Revenues Income from operations Total assets $5,013 136 785 6,728 2,183