Last Year Rennie Industries Had Sales of $305,000, Assets of $175,000

Multiple Choice

Last year Rennie Industries had sales of $305,000, assets of $175,000, a profit margin of 5.3%, and an equity multiplier of 1.2. The CFO believes that the company could reduce its assets by $51,000 without affecting either sales or costs. Had it reduced its assets by this amount, and had the debt ratio, sales, and costs remained constant, how much would the ROE have changed?

A) 4.10%
B) 4.56%
C) 5.01%
D) 5.52%
E) 6.07%