Three major segments of the transportation industry are motor carriers, such as Atlantic; railroads, such as Pacific; and transportation arrangement services, such as Mediterranean. Recent financial statement information for these three companies is shown as follows (in thousands of dollars):   Atlantic Pacific Mediterranean Sales $3,736,923   $4,993,352   $1,909,372   Average total assets 795,090   1,314,040   561,580   a.  Determine the asset turnover for all three companies. Round to one decimal place. Atlantic fill in the blank 1 Pacific fill in the blank 2 Mediterranean fill in the blank 3

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

  Atlantic Pacific Mediterranean
Sales $3,736,923   $4,993,352   $1,909,372  
Average total assets 795,090   1,314,040   561,580  

a.  Determine the asset turnover for all three companies. Round to one decimal place.

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   efficient a firm is in using assets.

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