Carla Vista produces and sells two productsaluminum and vinyl. Each of these products is made in a dedicated manufacturing facility, and the product line managers are evaluated based on the product lines return on investment. The following data is from the most recent year of operations.

		Aluminum		Vinyl
Sales		$3,001,000		$4,529,000
Variable costs		1,238,000		2,713,000
Direct fixed costs		1,444,500		1,534,500
Average assets		2,000,000		1,500,000

Calculate the margin and asset turnover for each product line. (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 5.12 and 5.12%.)

		Aluminum	Vinyl
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Calculate return on investment for each product line. (Round ROI to 2 decimal places, e.g. 5.12%.)

		Aluminum	Vinyl
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Both product line managers would like to improve their respective returns on investment, and each manager has a different idea about how to accomplish this. If the aluminum product line manager was able to increase sales volume such that the new asset turnover was 2.20 times. What would be the new operating income? (Round variable cost ratio to 2 decimal places, e.g. 5.25 and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 12,500.)

Operating income

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What would be the new return on investment? (Round ROI to 2 decimal places, e.g. 5.12%.)

New ROI

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Both product line managers would like to improve their respective returns on investment, and each manager has a different idea about how to accomplish this. If the vinyl product line manager was able to reduce variable cost per unit by 8%, what would be the new operating income? (Round Operating income to 0 decimal places, e.g. 12,500.)

New operating income

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What would be the new return on investment? (Round ROI to 2 decimal places, e.g. 5.12%.)

New ROI

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