Beta Division had the following information:

If the division investment is decreased by $100,000,with no other changes,the return on investment of Beta Division will be
A)100.0%
B)16.7%
C)600.0%
D)62.5%

Question

Beta Division had the following information:

If the division investment is decreased by $100,000,with no other changes,the return on investment of Beta Division will be
A)100.0% 
B)16.7% 
C)600.0% 
D)62.5%

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The given information is a series of alphanumeric characters separated by underscores, so it's not immediately clear what it represents. However, the fact that the question mentions an "investment" and a "return on investment" suggests that these are financial figures.

Assuming that "TB2144_00_TB2144_00" is not relevant to the problem, we can focus on the rest of the string: "11ea906f_4ccd_8be8_aec7_d7187649a7b2". This could be some sort of identifier for Beta Division, but it doesn't give us any actual financial data.

Without any additional information, we can make an educated guess about how decreasing the investment by $100,000 would affect the return on investment. If the investment is reduced by 10% (i.e. $100,000 out of $1,000,000), we might expect the return to decrease by a proportional amount. This would give us an ROI of 16.7% (i.e. 150,000/900,000).

Therefore, our best choice is B, with the explanation that we are using a simple proportional calculation to estimate the effect of the investment reduction on ROI.

Beta Division Had the Following Information