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Use the following information to answer the next question(s) .
Sunny Flowers is considering the purchase of a small business that costs $500,000. Sunny plans to sell stock valued at $250,000. The stock would pay dividends of $20,000 per year. Sunny would borrow the remaining $250,000 from a local bank at 12 percent interest.
The business is expected to generate annual cash inflows of $80,000. Duane plans to operate the business for 15 years and then turn it over to his son.
-If the depreciation is $25,000 per year, the accounting rate of return based on the initial investment is

A) 11%.
B) 12%.
C) 16%.
D) 17.2%.