If a bank's return on equity remains constant, but the ratio of bank assets to bank capital decreases:

A. the bank must be unprofitable.
B. the bank's return on assets must have increased.
C. the bank's return on assets must have decreased.
D. the bank's assets and capital must have increased by the same percent.


Answer: B

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