In response to complaints about high prices, a grocery chain runs the following advertising campaign: “If you pay your child $1 to go buy $32 worth of groceries, then your child makes about twice as much on the trip as we do.” You’ve collected the following information from the grocery chain’s financial statements:                                      (millions)   Sales $ 764.00     Net income   11.95     Total assets   345.00     Total debt   155.00         a. What is the child’s profit margin? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)   b. What is the store’s profit margin? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) c. What is the store's ROE? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

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In response to complaints about high prices, a grocery chain runs the following advertising campaign: “If you pay your child $1 to go buy $32 worth of groceries, then your child makes about twice as much on the trip as we do.” You’ve collected the following information from the grocery chain’s financial statements:

 
                                   (millions)
  Sales $ 764.00  
  Net income   11.95  
  Total assets   345.00  
  Total debt   155.00  
 
   
a.

What is the child’s profit margin? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)  

b. What is the store’s profit margin? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
c. What is the store's ROE? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
   
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