The Financial Statements of Black Barn Company Are Given Below

Multiple Choice

The financial statements of Black Barn Company are given below. $\begin{array}{c} \text { Black Barn Company } \\\text { Income Statement (2009) }\\\begin{array}{lrr} \hline \text { Sales } & \$ 8,000,000 \\\text { Cost of goods sold } & \underline {5,260,000} \\\text { Gross profit } & 2,740,000 \\\text { Selling \& administrative expenses } & \underline {1,500,000} \\\text { Operating profit } & 1,240,000 \\\text { Interest expense } & \underline {140,000 }\\\text { Income before tax } & 1,100,000 \\\text { Tax expense } & \underline {440,000} \\ \text { Net income } & \underline {\$ 660,000} \\\end{array} \end{array}$ $\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{lll} \text { Balance Sheet } &2009\\\\ \text { Cash } &\$ 200,000 \\ \text { Accounts receivable } & 1,200,000 \\ \text { Inventory } & \underline {1,840,000} \\ \text {Total current assets } &\$ 3,240,000 \\ \text {Fixed assets } & \underline {3,200,000} \\ \text { Total assets } & \underline {\$ 6,440,000} \\\\ \text { Accounts Payable } &\$ 800,000 \\ \text { Bank loan } & \underline {600,000} \\ \text { Total current liabilities } & \$ 1,400,000 \\ \text {Bond payable } & \underline { 900,000} \\ \text { Total liabilities } & \underline {\$ 2,300,000 }\\ \text { Common stock ( 130,000 shares) } & \$ 300,000 \\ \text {Retained earnings } & \underline {3,840,000}\\ \text { Total liabilities \& equity } & \underline {\$ 6,440,000} \\\end{array}\begin{array}{lll}2008\\\\\$ 50,000 \\ 950,000 \\ \underline { 1,500,000 }\\ \$ 2,500,000 \\ \underline { 3,000,000} \\ \underline { \$ 5,500,000 }\\\\\$ 720,000 \\ \underline { 100,000} \\ \$ 820,000 \\ \underline {1,000,000} \\ \underline {\$ 1,820,000 }\\\$ 300,000\\ \underline { 3,380,000} \\ \underline { \$ 5,500,000} \\\end{array}\end{array}$ Note: The common shares are trading in the stock market for $40 each. Refer to the financial statements of Black Barn Company. The firm's asset turnover ratio for 2009 is

A) 1.79.
B) 1.63.
C) 1.34.
D) 2.58.
E) None of the options are correct.