Question

Selected current year company information follows: Net income $ 17,753 Net sales 730,855 Total liabilities, beginning-year 101,932 Total liabilities, end-of-year 121,201 Total stockholders' equity, beginning-year 216,935 Total stockholders' equity, end-of-year 148,851 The return on total assets is

Answer 1

6.03%

Step-by-step explanation:

Calculation for the return on total assets

First step will be to find the assets at the beginning using this formula

Beginning year Assets =Beginning Total liabilities + Beginning Stockholders' equity

Let plug in the formula

Beginning year Assets=$101,932 + $216,935

Beginning year Assets=$318,867

Second step is to find the end of the year asset using this formula

End of the year assets = Ending Total liabilities + Ending Stockholders' equity

Let plug in the formula

End of the year assets=$121,201 + $148,851

End of the year assets = $270,052

Last step is to calculate for the return on total assets using this formula

Return on total assets = Net income/Average of total assets,

Let find the Total asset averages

Using this formula

Total asset averages=(Beginning year Assets+End of the year assets)/2

Let plug in the formula

Total asset averages($318,867 + $270,052)/2 Total asset averages=$588,919/2

Total asset averages= $294,459.50

Hence,

Return on total assets = Net income/Average of total assets

Return on total assets=$ 17,753/294,459.50

Return on total assets=0.0603

Return on total assets=6.03%

Therefore the return on total assets will be 6.03%