II Current Attempt in Progress The South Division of Sheffield Company reported the following data for the current year. Sales Variable costs Controllable fixed costs Average operating assets $3,000,000 1,980,000 595,000 5,000,000 Top management is unhappy with the investment center's return on investment (ROI). It asks the manager of the South Division to submit plans to improve ROI in the next year. The manager believes it is feasible to consider the following independent courses of action. 1 2 3. Increase sales by $300,000 with no change in the contribution margin percentage. Reduce variable costs by $150,000 Reduce average operating assets by 3.00% (a) Compute the return on investment (ROI) for the current year. (Round Rol to 2 decimal places, eg. 1.57%) Return on investment (b) Using the ROI equation, compute the ROI under each of the proposed courses of action. (Round ROI to 2 decima/places 28. 1.57%) Return on investment % Action 1 Action 2 Action 3