In 1903, the du Pont cousins acquired the assets of E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company obj. 3 in exchange for bonds. In the language of today, the cousins conducted a leveraged buyout of the company. Explain why a measurement such as ROI was needed to help ensure financial survival of the new company. If the bond interest rate was \(4 \%\), explain how ROI might be used by the du Ponts to evaluate financial performance on existing assets and to consider additional investment opportunities.