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The Ste. Marie Division of Pacific Media Corporation juststarted operations. It purchased depreciable assets costing $43.0million and having a four-year expected life, after which theassets can be salvaged for $8.6 million. In addition, the divisionhas $43.0 million in assets that are not depreciable. After fouryears, the division will have $43.0 million available from thesenondepreciable assets. This means that the division has invested$86.0 million in assets with a salvage value of $51.6 million.Annual depreciation is $8.6 million. Annual operating cash flowsare $21.7 million. In computing ROI, this division uses end-of-yearasset values in the denominator. Depreciation is computed on astraight-line basis, recognizing the salvage values noted. Ignoretaxes. Required: a. & b. Compute ROI, using net book value andgross book value for each year. (Enter your answers as a percentagerounded to 1 decimal place (i.e., 32.1).)

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Gross Value method Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Net Value method Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
Depreciable asset value          43.00          43.00           43.00        43.00 A Total Gross Value        86.00        77.40        68.80        60.20 C
Non Depreciable asset value          43.00          43.00           43.00        43.00 B Annual depreciation          8.60          8.60          8.60          8.60 E
Total Gross Value          86.00          86.00           86.00        86.00 C=A+B Net Gross Value        77.40        68.80        60.20        51.60 H=C-E
Net operating cash flows          13.10          13.10           13.10        13.10 F Net operating cash flows        13.10        13.10        13.10        13.10 F
ROI 15.23% 15.23% 15.23% 15.23% G=F/C ROI 16.93% 19.04% 21.76% 25.39% I=F/H
Annual operating cash flows          21.70 D
Less: Annual depreciation             8.60 E
Net operating cash flows          13.10 F=D-E

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