Kenneth Washburn, head of the Sporting Goods Division of Reliable Products, has just completed a miserable nine months. "If it could have gone wrong. it did. Sales are down, income is down, inventories are bloated, and quite frankly, I'm beginning to worry about my job." he moaned. Washburn is evaluated on the basis of ROI. Selected figures for the past nine months follow. Sales Operating income Invested capital $ 9, ese, eee 630, eee 10,000,000 In an effort to make something out of nothing and to salvage the current year's performance, Washburn was contemplating implementation of some or all of the following four strategies: .. Write off and discard $103.000 of obsolete inventory. The company will take a loss on the disposal. b. Accelerate the collection of $133,000 of overdue customer accounts receivable. c. Stop advertising through year-end and drastically reduce outlays for repairs and maintenance. These actions are expected to save the division $238.000 of expenses and will conserve cash resources. d. Acquire two competitors that are expected to have the following financial characteristics: Anderson Manufacturing Palm Beach Enterprises Projected Sales $4,768,888 7, ele, eee Projected Operating Expenses $3,800,000 6,470,880 Projected Invested Capital $9,600,eee 6,75e,eee Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Reg 1A Req 1B Compute sales margin, capital turnover, and return on investment for the Reliable's Sporting Goods Division over the past nine months. (Round your "Sales margin" answer to 1 decimal place (i.e., .1234 should be entered as 12.3) and round your "Capital turnover" answer to 2 decimal places.) 96 Sales margin Capital turnover Return on investment 96