Easter Egg and Poultry Company has \(2,000,000 in assets and \)1,400,000 of debt. It reports net income of $200,000.

a. What is the firm’s return on assets?

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The return on assets of the company is 10%.

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Return on assets

An organization computes the return on assets toshow the net income earned by an organization on the total assets available in the company.

Returnonassets=NetincomeTotalassets=$200,000$2,000,000=10%

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Calculation of return on assets

Returnonassets=NetincomeTotalassets=$200,000$2,000,000=10%

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