Addison Corporation is considering the purchase of equipment that would increase sales revenues by $250,000 per year and cash operating expenses by $100,000 per year. The equipment would cost $400,000 and have a 5-year life with no salvage value. The simple rate of return on the investment is closest to ___

a) 17.5%
b) 20.0%
c) 25.5%
d) 35.0%

a) 17.5%

Explanation:

The computation of the simple rate of return on the investment is shown below:

Simple rate of return = Annual net income  ÷ Initial investment

where,

Annual net income is

= Sales revenue - cash operating expenses - depreciation expenses

= $250,000 - $100,000 - ($400,000 ÷ 5)

= $70,000

And, the initial investment is $400,000

So, the simple rate of return is

= $70,000 ÷ $400,000

= 17.5%

Dividing the annual net income by the initial investment we can get the simple rate of return

x=3

step-by-step explanation:

this is really simple i saw that there was only one term (5x) and thought if that was 15 what would i have to multiply everything else to get it there? well if 5x became 15 then x would have to be 3 so plug the 3 in the x for the other equations and you get 15 for the other ones. so there you go. : )