In: Accounting
Forchen, Inc., provided the following information for two of its divisions for last year:
| Small Appliances Division  | 
Cleaning Products Division  | 
|
| Sales | $34,690,000 | $31,350,000 | 
| Operating income | 2,365,700 | 1,252,700 | 
| Operating assets, January 1 | 6,397,000 | 5,670,000 | 
| Operating assets, December 31 | 7,550,000 | 6,590,000 | 
Forchen, Inc., requires an 7 percent minimum rate of return.
Required:
1. Calculate residual income for the Small Appliances Division.
$ _____
2. Calculate residual income for the Cleaning Products Division.
$ _____
3. What if the minimum required rate of return was 8 percent? How would that affect the residual income of the two divisions?
| Small Appliances Division residual income would be | HIGHER/LOWER/UNAFFECTED | 
| Cleaning Products Division residual income would be | HIGHER/LOWER/UNAFFECTED |