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In response to complaints about high prices, a grocery chain runs the following advertising campaign: "If you pay your child $3 to go buy $100 worth of groceries, then your child makes twice as much on the trip as we do." You've collected the following information from the grocery chain's financial statements: (millions) Sales $700 Net income $10.5 Total assets $380 Total debt $250 1. What is the profit margin for children as a percentage of what they spend and the profit margin for the store? 2. What is the store's ROE?

In response to complaints about high prices, a grocery chain runs the following advertising campaign: "If you pay your child $3 to go buy $100 worth of groceries, then your child makes twice as much on the trip as we do." You've collected the following information from the grocery chain's financial statements: (millions) Sales $700 Net income $10.5 Total assets $380 Total debt $250 1. What is the profit margin for children as a percentage of what they spend and the profit margin for the store? 2. What is the store's ROE?

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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Author:Libby
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In response to complaints about high prices, a grocery chain runs the following advertising campaign: "If you pay your child $3 to go buy $100 worth of groceries, then your child makes twice as much on the trip as we do." You've collected the following information from the grocery chain's financial statements: (millions) Sales $700 Net income $10.5 Total assets $380 Total debt $250 1. What is the profit margin for children as a percentage of what they spend and the profit margin for the store? 2. What is the store's ROE?
Transcribed Image Text:In response to complaints about high prices, a grocery chain runs the following advertising campaign: "If you pay your child $3 to go buy $100 worth of groceries, then your child makes twice as much on the trip as we do." You've collected the following information from the grocery chain's financial statements: (millions) Sales $700 Net income $10.5 Total assets $380 Total debt $250 1. What is the profit margin for children as a percentage of what they spend and the profit margin for the store? 2. What is the store's ROE?
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