Margin, Turnover, Return on Investment, Average Operating Assets Elway Company provided the following income statement for the last year: Sales $833,990,000 Less: Variable expenses 547,849,000 Contribution margin $286,141,000 Less: Fixed expenses 197,242,000 Operating income $88,899,000 At the beginning of last year, Elway had $38,666,000 in operating assets. At the end of the year, Elway had $41,384,000 in operating assets.

Required: 1. Compute average operating assets. $fill in the blank 1

2. Compute the margin (as a percent) and turnover ratios for last year. If required, round your answers to two decimal places. Margin fill in the blank 2 % Turnover fill in the blank 3

3. Compute ROI as a percent. Use the part 2 final answers in these calculations and round the final answer to two decimal places. fill in the blank 4 %

4. ROI measures a companys 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).