Chapter 24 discusses various methods of analyzing financial statements in terms of calculating ratios. Specifically, Return on Assets (ROA) is a very simple calculation: ROA= Net Income/Average Total Assets. Another method at arriving at this ratio is the DuPont Equation that was discussed in your textbook. In looking at the DuPont Equation, what benefits are derived by using this method rather than the most typical method that I have described above? I am including a link to an article on the history of management accounting and the DuPont's who were instrumental in developing the equation.