Lasky Manufacturing has two divisions: Carolinas and Northeast. Lasky has a cost of capital of 7.5 percent. Selected financial information (in thousands of dollars) for the first year of business follows:   Carolinas Northeast Sales revenue $ 900 $ 4,200 Income 170 372 Divisional assets (beginning of year) 1,000 1,500 Current liabilities (beginning of year) 170 170 R&D expendituresa 450 370 aR&D is assumed to benefit two periods. All R&D is spent at the beginning of the year. Required: a-1. Evaluate the performance of the two divisions assuming Lasky Manufacturing uses residual income. a-2. Which division had the better performance?

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Lasky Manufacturing has two divisions: Carolinas and Northeast. Lasky has a cost of capital of 7.5 percent. Selected financial information (in thousands of dollars) for the first year of business follows:

  Carolinas Northeast
Sales revenue $ 900 $ 4,200
Income 170 372
Divisional assets (beginning of year) 1,000 1,500
Current liabilities (beginning of year) 170 170
R&D expendituresa 450 370

aR&D is assumed to benefit two periods. All R&D is spent at the beginning of the year.

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a-1. Evaluate the performance of the two divisions assuming Lasky Manufacturing uses residual income.

a-2. Which division had the better performance?

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