Zylex Corporation has multiple factories across the United States. The upper management at Zylex evaluates each factory based on the capital turnover ratio from the DuPont system. The following is information for the factory in Pennsylvania for the past year. (see screenshot for full info regarding question)

Zylex Corporation has multiple factories across the United States. The upper management at Zylex evaluates each factory based on the capital turnover ratio from the DuPont system. The following is information for the factory in Pennsylvania for the past year. Sales S 3,600,000 Operating expenses 1,200,000 Total assets (prior to subtracting accumulated depreciation) 8,000,000 Accumulated depreciation 2,000,000 a. Compute the capital turnover ratio using (1) total assets and (2) assets net of depreciation. b. Which investment base will the Pennsylvania factory manager prefer