Exercise 14-33 (Algo) Comparing Business Units Using ROI (LO 14-2) Lasky Manufacturing has two divisions: Carolinas and Northeast. Lasky has a cost of capital of 7.5 percent. Selected financial information (in thousands of dollars) for the first year of business follows: Sales revenue Income Divisional assets (beginning of year) Current liabilities (beginning of year) R&D expenditures Carolinas $ 1,100 190 Northeast $ 4,600 312 1,500 1,000 190 550 190 470 aR&D is assumed to benefit two periods. All R&D is spent at the beginning of the year. Required: a-1. Evaluate the performance of the two divisions assuming Lasky uses return on investment (ROI). a-2. Which division had the better performance? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req A1 Req A2 Evaluate the performance of the two divisions assuming Lasky uses return on investment (ROI). Note: Enter your answers as a percentage rounded to 1 decimal place (i.e., 32.1). Divisions Carolinas Northeast ROI % % < Req A1 Req A2 > Exercise 14-33 (Algo) Comparing Business Units Using ROI (LO 14-2) Lasky Manufacturing has two divisions: Carolinas and Northeast. Lasky has a cost of capital of 7.5 percent. Selected financial information (in thousands of dollars) for the first year of business follows: Sales revenue Income Divisional assets (beginning of year) Current liabilities (beginning of year) R&D expenditures Carolinas $ 1,100 190 Northeast $ 4,600 312 1,500 1,000 190 550 190 470 aR&D is assumed to benefit two periods. All R&D is spent at the beginning of the year. Required: a-1. Evaluate the performance of the two divisions assuming Lasky uses return on investment (ROI). a-2. Which division had the better performance? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req A1 Req A2 Evaluate the performance of the two divisions assuming Lasky uses return on investment (ROI). Note: Enter your answers as a percentage rounded to 1 decimal place (i.e., 32.1). Divisions Carolinas Northeast ROI % % < Req A1 Req A2 >