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The top management at Watersport Company, a manufacturer of water sport equipment, is attempting to recover from a fire that destroyed some of their accounting records. The main computer system was also severely damaged. The following information was salvaged:
 Jetski Division  Boat Division  Surfboard Division  Sales $7500000(a)$1800000 Net operating profit $750000$1080000$450000 Operating assets (b)(c)$1500000 Retum on investment 0.200.10( d) Retum on sales (e)0.120.25 Investment turnover  (f) (g)1.2\begin{array} { l r r r r } & \text { Jetski Division } & \text { Boat Division } & \text { Surfboard Division } \\\text { Sales } & \$ 7500000 & ( \mathrm { a } ) & \$ 1800000 \\\text { Net operating profit } & \$ 750000 & \$ 1080000 & \$ 450000 \\\text { Operating assets } & ( \mathrm { b } ) & ( \mathrm { c } ) & \$ 1500000 \\\text { Retum on investment } & 0.20 & 0.10 & ( \mathrm {~d} ) \\\text { Retum on sales } & ( \mathrm { e } ) & 0.12 & 0.25 \\\text { Investment turnover } & \text { (f) } & ( \mathrm { g } ) & 1.2\end{array}
-Museum Corporation uses the investment centre concept for the museums that it manages.Select operating data for three of its museums for 2017 are as follows:
 Melbourne  Canberra  Brisbane  Revenue $600000$750000$900000 Operating assets 300000250000350000 Net operating profit 510005600059000\begin{array} { | l | r | r | r | } \hline & { \text { Melbourne } } & { \text { Canberra } } & { \text { Brisbane } } \\\hline \text { Revenue } & \$ 600000 & \$ 750000 & \$ 900000 \\\hline \text { Operating assets } & 300000 & 250000 & 350000 \\\hline \text { Net operating profit } & 51000 & 56000 & 59000 \\\hline\end{array}
Required:
a.Compute the return on investment for each division.
b.Which museum manager is doing best based only on ROI? Why?
c.What other factors should be included when evaluating the managers?
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