Posters.com is a small Internet retailer of high-quality posters. The company has $810,000 in operating assets and fixed expenses of $162,000 per year. With this level of operating assets and fixed expenses, the company can support sales of up to $4,600,000 per year. The company’s contribution margin ratio is 10%, which means that an additional dollar of sales results in additional contribution margin, and net operating income, of 10 cents.    Required:   Complete the following table showing the relation between sales and return on investment (ROI).   What happens to the company’s return on investment (ROI) as sales increase? req 1  Complete the following table showing the relation between sales and return on investment (ROI). (Round your percentage answers to 2 decimal places.)         Sales Net Operating Income Average Operating Assets ROI $4,100,000 $248,000 $810,000   % $4,200,000   $810,000   % $4,300,000   $810,000   % $4,400,000   $810,000   % $4,500,000   $810,000   % $4,600,000   $810,000   % req 2  What happens to the company’s return on investment (ROI) as sales increase? increase or decreases

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Posters.com is a small Internet retailer of high-quality posters. The company has $810,000 in operating assets and fixed expenses of $162,000 per year. With this level of operating assets and fixed expenses, the company can support sales of up to $4,600,000 per year. The company’s contribution margin ratio is 10%, which means that an additional dollar of sales results in additional contribution margin, and net operating income, of 10 cents.

 

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  1. Complete the following table showing the relation between sales and return on investment (ROI).

 

  1. What happens to the company’s return on investment (ROI) as sales increase?

req 1 

Complete the following table showing the relation between sales and return on investment (ROI). (Round your percentage answers to 2 decimal places.)

 
 
 
 
Sales Net Operating Income Average Operating Assets ROI
$4,100,000 $248,000 $810,000   %
$4,200,000   $810,000   %
$4,300,000   $810,000   %
$4,400,000   $810,000   %
$4,500,000   $810,000   %
$4,600,000   $810,000   %

req 2 

What happens to the company’s return on investment (ROI) as sales increase?

increase or decreases 

 
 
 
 
 
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