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One Division of the Marvin Educational Enterprises Has Depreciable Assets

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One division of the Marvin Educational Enterprises has depreciable assets costing $4,000,000. The cash flows from these assets for the past three years have been:
 Year  Cash flows 1$1,200,0002$1,400,0003$1,620,000\begin{array} { c l l } \text { Year } & { \text { Cash flows } } \\1 & \mathbf { \$ } 1,200,000 \\2 & \$ 1,400,000 \\3 & \$ 1,620,000\end{array}
The current (i.e., replacement) costs of these assets were expected to increase 25% each year.
-Marvin used the straight-line depreciation method and the assets had an estimated useful life of 10 years with no salvage value. For return on investment (ROI) calculations, Marvin uses end-of-year balances.
What is the ROI using historical cost and gross book value?
 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 \begin{array} { l r r r } & \text { Year } 1 & \text { Year } 2 & \text { Year 3 } \\\end{array}


A) 20.0%25.0%30.5%\begin{array} { l r r r } & 20.0 \% & 25.0 \% & 30.5 \% \\\end{array}
B) 25.0%28.0%32.0%\begin{array} { l r r r } & 25.0 \% & 28.0 \% & 32.0 \% \\\end{array}
C) 18.0%26.5%28.0%\begin{array} { l r r r } & 18.0 \% & 26.5 \% & 28.0 \% \\\end{array}
D) 30.0%35.0%40.5%\begin{array} { l r r r } & 30.0 \% & 35.0 \% & 40.5 \%\end{array}

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