The vice president of operations of Pavone Company is evaluating the performance of two divisions organized as investment centers. Invested assets and condensed income statement data for the past year for each division are as follows:

Instructions
1. Prepare condensed divisional income statements for the year ended December 31, 2014, assuming that there were no service department charges.
2. Using the DuPont formula for rate of return on investment, determine the profit mar-gin, investment turnover, and rate of return on investment for each division.
3. If management desires a minimum acceptable rate of return of 17%, determine the residual income for each division.
4. Discuss the evaluation of the two divisions, using the performance measures determined in parts (1), (2), and(3).

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Sales Cost of goods sold Operating expenses nvsted assets Business Division $2,500,000 1320,000 930,000 1,250,000 Consumer Division $2 550,000 1,350,000 843,000 2,125000