Which of the following transactions results in a decrease in the return on assets ratio?

The options are

A. Increasing the sales price of the products sold.

B. An increase in the net profit margin ratio.

C. Purchasing land by signing a long-term note payable.

D. Collecting cash from an account receivable.

Purchasing land by signing a long term note payable will decrease the return on assets ratio will result in a decrease in the return on assets ratio.

Option C

Explanation:

Return on assets ratio shows the profit percentage that a company or business entity earns in accordance to its overall resources. It is calculated by the following formula,

Purchasing a land will increase the average total assets of the company. Here in accordance with the formula, if the denominator increases and the numerator remains the same, it will ultimately decrease the quotient i.e. the return on assets.

Other options:

A. Increasing the sales price of the products sold - This will increase the net income which would result in the increase of ROA.

B. An increase in the net profit margin ratio - This will also increase the net income which would lead to the increase of ROA.

D. Collecting cash from an account receivable - accounts receivable will  neither affect the net income nor the average total assets. Therefore, the ROA will remain the same.

answer:   segregation violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment, which holds that no state can “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

details/explanation:

brown v. board of education of topeka, decided by the us supreme court in 1954, ruled that all americans are entitled to the same civil liberties and protections in regard to access to education. until that decision, it was legal to segregate schools according to race, so that black students could not attend the same schools as white students.   an older supreme court decision, plessy v. ferguson (1896), had said that separate, segregated public facilities were acceptable as long as the facilities offered were equal in quality.   in the case of brown v. board of education, that standard was challenged and defeated.   segregation was shown to create inequality, and the supreme court unanimously ruled segregation to be unconstitutional.

the ruling was important in advancing civil rights because it affirmed that the 14th amendment applies to all rights and privileges of citizens, including access to   education.   this was being violated by states whose laws supported the segregation of schools.   section 1 of the 14th amendment reads as follows:

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