Last year Ann Arbor Corp had $180,000 of assets (which equals total invested capital), $305,000 of sales, $19,000 of net income, and a debt-to-total-capital ratio of 37.5%.The new CFO believes that a new computer program will enable the company to reduce costs and thus raise net income to $31,000. The firm finances using only debt andcommon equity. Assets, total invested capital, sales, and the debt-to-capital ratio would not be affected. By how much would the cost reduction improve the ROE? Do notround your intermediate calculations.

The objective of the question is to calculate the improvement in the Return on Equity (ROE) due to…

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