PLEASE ANSWER PART C

Computing Return on Equity Starbucks reports net income for 2018 of $4,518.3 million. Its stockholders' equity is $5,450.1 million and $1,169.5 million for 2017 and 2018, respectively. a. Compute its return on equity for 2018. Round answer to one decimal place (ex: 0.2345 = 23.5%) X % b. Starbucks repurchased over $7,208.7 million of its common stock in 2018. Did this repurchase increase or decrease Starbucks' ROE? OROE usually decreases since the repurchase of shares reduces the denominator (avg. stockholders' equity). OROE usually increases since the repurchase of shares reduces the denominator (avg. stockholders' equity). OROE usually increases since the repurchase of shares increases the denominator (avg. stockholders' equity). OROE usually decreases since the repurchase of shares increases the denominator (avg. stockholders' equity). c. If Starbucks had not repurchased common stock in 2018, what would ROE have been? Note: Round answer to one decimal place (example: 20.6%). X %