Front Beam Lighting Company has the following ratios compared to its industry for 2008.   Front Beam Lighting Industry Return on assets 12% 5% Return on equity 16% 20%   Please use Du Pont system of analysis to calculate and explain why the return-on-equity ratio is so much less favorable than the return-on-assets ratio compared to the industry.

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