Consolidated Industries is a diversified manufacturer with business units organized as divisions, including the Reigis Steel Division. Consolidated monitors its divisions on the basis of both unit contribution and return on investment (ROI), with investment defined as average operating assets employed. All investments in operating assets are expected to earn a minimum return of 12% before income taxes.

Reigiss cost of goods sold is considered to be entirely variable; however, its administrative expenses do not depend on volume. Selling expenses are a mixed cost with one-third attributed to sales volume. The 2019 operating statement for Reigis follows. The divisions operating assets employed were $248,250,000 at November 30, 2019, unchanged from the year before.

REIGIS STEEL DIVISION
Operating Statement
For the Year Ended November 30, 2019
(000s omitted)
	Sales revenue					$	136,000
	Less expenses:
	Cost of goods sold	$	69,600
	Administrative expenses		14,000
	Selling expenses		11,700				95,300
	Income from operations, before tax					$	40,700

Required:

1. Calculate Reigis Steel Divisions unit contribution if it produced and sold 2,500,000 units during the year ended November 30, 2019. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

2. Calculate the following performance measures for 2019 for Reigis:

a. Pretax ROI, based on average operating assets employed. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

b. Residual income (RI), calculated on the basis of average operating assets employed. (Enter your answer in whole dollars, not in thousands.)

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1.	Contribution margin		per unit
2a.	Return on investment		%
2b.	Residual income

3. Reigis management is presented the opportunity to invest in a project that would earn an ROI of 13%. Reigis is likely to:

multiple choice

• accept the project because ROI is higher than the required rate of return.

• reject the project because the ROI would lower the current overall ROI.

• accept the project because positive ROI means a positive dollar value of return.

• reject the project because it poses too much risk.