Presented below is selected information for three regional divisions of Medina Company. Divisions
North South West
Contribution margins $300,000 $500,000 $400,000
Controllable margin $140,000 $360,000 $210,000
Average operating assets $1,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,500,000
Minimum rate of return 13% 16% 10%
A) Compute the return on investment for each division
B) Compute the residual income for each division
C) Assume that each division has an investment opportunity that would provide a rate of return of 16%
1. If ROI is used to measure performance, which division or divisions will probably make the additional investment?
2. If residual income is used to measure performances, which division or divisions will probably make the additional investment?

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?

Salt corporation's contribution margin ratio is 78% and its fixed monthly expenses are $30,000. assume that the company's sales for may are expected to be $89,000. required: estimate the company's net operating income for may, assuming that the fixed monthly expenses do not change.

At present, the united states has an embargo against north korea because a. the two countries have extremely poor political relations. b. north korea will not adopt a capitalist government. c. north korean products are too difficult to use. d. north korea has an embargo on american products. e. products from north korea are in higher demand than american-made products.