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Which of the following best explains why the return on assets (ROA) ratio may show distorted increases over time?

A. Net income is affected by inflation and total assets are getting older.

B. A firm acquires many new assets each period.

C. A firm may use replacement cost valuation for plant assets, and repairs and maintenance expense changes each year to correspond to asset replacement costs.

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