Last year Central Chemicals had sales of $ $275,000,$ assets of $ $127,500,$ a profit margin of $53\%,$ and an equity multiplier of $1\mathrm{.}2.$ The CFO believes that the company could reduce its assets by $ $21,000$ without affecting either sales or costs. Had it reduced its assets in this amount, and had the debt$-$to$-$assets ratio, sales, and costs remained constant, by how much would the ROE have changed? Select the correct answer. a$.1\mathrm{.}47\%$ b$.2\mathrm{.}70\%$ c$.2\mathrm{.}29\%$ d$.1\mathrm{.}88\%$ e$.1\mathrm{.}06\%$