Following are selected data from Samsung, Apple, and Google.

Required

1. Compute Samsung?s return on total assets for the two most recent years.

2. Is Samsung?s return on total assets on a favorable or unfavorable trend?

3. For the current year, is Samsung?s return on total assets better or worse than (a) Apple?s and (b) Google?s?

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Apple Google Samsung Current Year One Year Prior Two Years Prior Current Year Prior Year Current Year Prior Year In millions $ 19,478 90,272 $ 16,348 74,989 # 22,726,092 W 19,060,144 W 23,394,358 206,205,987 230,422,958 $ 53,394 233,715 $ 45,687 215,639 321,686 Net income..... Net sales... Total assets.... 200,653,482 201,866,745 262,174,324 242,179,521 290,345 167,497 147,461