Three major segments of the transportation industry are motor carriers such as Atlantic Worldwide, railroads such as Pacific, and transportation logistics services such as Mediterranean. Recent financial statement information for these three companies follows (in thousands):

	Atlantic		Pacific		Mediterranean
Sales	$1,720,320		$375,240		$2,041,600
Average total assets	819,200		1,250,800		464,000

a. Determine the asset turnover for all three companies. Round your answers to two decimal places.

Atlantic	fill in the blank 1
Pacific	fill in the blank 2
Mediterranean	fill in the blank 3

b. The ratio of sales to assets measures the number of sales dollars earned for each dollar of assets. The greater the number of sales dollars earned for every dollar of assets, the (MORE, LESS) efficient a firm is in using assets.