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Crunchy Granola Company is a diversified food company that specializes in all natural foods. The company has three operating divisions organized as investment centers. Condensed data taken from the records of the three divisions for the year ended June 30, 20Y7, are as follows:

Cereal Division Snack Cake Division Retail Bakeries Division
Sales $25,900,000 $8,260,000 $9,900,000
Cost of goods sold 16,600,000 5,575,000 6,720,000
Operating expenses 7,228,000 1,941,600 2,487,000
Invested assets 12,950,000 2,753,333 3,960,000

The management of The Crunchy Granola Company is evaluating each division as a basis for planning a future expansion of operations.

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1. Prepare condensed divisional income statements for the three divisions, assuming that there were no service department charges.
2. Using the DuPont formula for return on investment, compute the profit margin, investment turnover, and return on investment for each division. If required, round your final answers to one decimal place.
3. If available funds permit the expansion of operations of only one division, which of the divisions would you recommend for expansion, based on parts (1) and (2)?

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Question not attempted. Score: 0/60 The Crunchy Granola Company Divisional Income Statements For the Year Ended June 30, 20Y7 nack Cake Division Retail Bakeries Cereal Division Division 2 Sales 3 Cost of goods sold 4Gross profit Operating expenses 6 Income from operations Final Questions Shaded cells have feedbac 2. Using the DuPont formula for return on investment, compute the profit margin, investment turnover, and return on investment for each division. If required, round your final answers to one decimal place Profit Margin Division Cereal Snack Cake Retail Bakeries Investment Turnover ROI

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