In January 2010 the Status Quo Company was formed. Total assets were $500,000, of which $300,000 consisted

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In January 2010 the Status Quo Company was formed. Total assets were $500,000, of which $300,000 consisted of capital assets. Status Quo uses straight-line amortization, and in 2010 it estimated its capital assets to have useful lives of 10 years. Aftertax income has been $26,000 per year each of the last 10 years. Other assets have not changed since 2010.

a. Compute ROA at year-end for 2010, 2012, 2015,2017, and 2019.

b. To what do you attribute the phenomenon shown in part a?

c. Now assume income increased by 10 percent each year. What effect would this have on your above answers?

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Foundations Of Financial Management

ISBN: 9781259265921

11th Canadian Edition

Authors: Stanley Block, Geoffrey Hirt, Bartley Danielsen, Doug Short, Michael Perretta

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