Watkins Associated Industries is a highly diversified company with three divisions: Trucking, Seafood, and Construction. Assume that the company uses return on investment and residual income as two of the evaluation tools for division managers. The company has a minimum desired rate of return on investment of 10 percent with a 30 percent tax rate. Selected operating data for three divisions of the company follow.

(a) Compute the return on investment for each division. (Round answers to three decimal places.)

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Trucking Division Seafood Division Construction Division $900,000 360,000 62,000 1,300,000 650,000 101,000 Sales $870,000 290,000 52,000 Operating assets Net operating income