Answer: 2.14 times
Explanation: Asset turnover ratio refers to the financial ratio that is used by the analysts to evaluate whether the organisation is using their assets in an efficient manner for generating sales and revenue or not.
It could be computed using following formula :-
[tex]asset\:turnover=\frac{net\:sales}{average\:assets}[/tex]
where,
[tex]average\:assets=\frac{258,000+257000}{2}[/tex]
= $257,500
putting the values into equation we get :-
[tex]asset\:turnover=\frac{550000}{257500}[/tex]
= 2.14 times