The following data were taken from the financial statements of Gates Inc. for the current fiscal year.

Property, plant, and equipment $($net$)$ $$1,793,500$

Liabilities:

Current liabilities $$211,000$

Note payable, $6\%,$ due in $15$ years $1,055,000$

Total liabilities $$1,266,000$

Stockholders' equity:

Preferred $$2$ stock, $$100$ par $($no change during year$)$ $$949,500$

Common stock, $$10$ par $($no change during year$)949,500$

Retained earnings:

Balance, beginning of year $$1,012,000$

Net income $446,000$ $$1,458,000$

Preferred dividends $$18,990$

Common dividends $173,010192,000$

Balance, end of year $1,266,000$

Total stockholders' equity $$3,165,000$

Sales $$11,572,000$

Interest expense $$63,300$

Assuming that long$-$term investments totaled $$2,216,000$ throughout the year and that total assets were $$4,209,000$ at the beginning of the current fiscal year, determine the following. When required, round to one decimal place.

a$.$ Ratio of fixed assets to long$-$term liabilities fill in the blank $1$

$1\mathrm{.}7$

b$.$ Ratio of liabilities to stockholders' equity fill in the blank $2$

$0\mathrm{.}4$

c$.$ Asset turnover fill in the blank $3$

d$.$ Return on total assets fill in the blank $4$

$\%$

e$.$ Return on stockholders$$ equity fill in the blank $5$

$\%$

f$.$ Return on common stockholders' equity fill in the blank $6$

$\%$

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