Margin, Turnover, Return on Investment, Average Operating Assets Elway Company provided the following income statement for the last year Sales Less: Variable expenses Contribution margin Less: Fixed expenses Operating income $853,650,000 552,321,000 $301,329,000 193,102,000 $108,227,000 At the beginning of last year, Elway had $38,619,000 in operating assets. At the end of the year, Elway had $41,361,000 in operating assets. Required: 1. Compute average operating assets. 39,990,000 2. Compute the margin (as a percent) and turnover ratios for last year. If required, round your answers to two decimal places Margin Turnover 35.3 X % 21 X 3. Compute ROI as a percent. Use the part 2 final answers in these calculations and round the final answer to two decimal places 273% 4. ROL measures a company's ability to generate, relative to its investment in assets. The greater the ROI, the efficiently the company is generating from its assets. 5. CONCEPTUAL CONNECTION Comment on why the ROI for Elway Company is relatively high (as compared to the lower ROI of a typical manufacturing company). 1. Ely Company might be a service organization with relatively few physical assets required to generate its sales revenue and income. ROE will be higher when the factors that create a company's sales or income