The Pacific Division of Patterson Company is operated as a profit center. Sales for the division were budgeted for 2010 at $1,200,000. The only variable costs budgeted for the division were cost of goods sold ($590,000) and selling and administrative ($80,000). Fixed costs were budgeted at $130,000 for cost of goods sold, $120,000 for selling and administrative and $95,000 for noncontrollable fixed costs. Actual results for these items were:
Instructions
(a) Prepare a responsibility report for the Pacific Division for 2010.
(b) Assume the division is an investment center, and average operating assets were $1,200,000. Compute ROI.

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The Pacific Division of Patterson Company is operated as a profit center. Sales for the division were budgeted for 2010 at $1,200,000. The only variable costs budgeted for the division were cost of goods sold ($590,000) and selling and administrative ($80,000). Fixed costs were budgeted at $130,000 for cost of goods sold, $120,000 for selling and administrative and $95,000 for noncontrollable fixed costs. Actual results for these items were:  
Instructions
(a) Prepare a responsibility report for the Pacific Division for 2010.
(b) Assume the division is an investment center, and average operating assets were $1,200,000. Compute ROI.

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The Answer of The Pacific Division of Patterson Company is operated as a profit center. Sales for the division were budgeted for 2010 at $1,200,000. The only variable costs budgeted for the division were cost of goods sold ($590,000) and selling and administrative ($80,000). Fixed costs were budgeted at $130,000 for cost of goods sold, $120,000 for selling and administrative and $95,000 for noncontrollable fixed costs. Actual results for these items were:  
Instructions
(a) Prepare a responsibility report for the Pacific Division for 2010.
(b) Assume the division is an investment center, and average operating assets were $1,200,000. Compute ROI.

The Pacific Division of Patterson Company Is Operated as a Profit