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Nickle & Dime Corporation processes sugar beets in batches that it purchases from farmers for $72 a batch. A batch of sugar beets costs $11 to crush in the company's plant. Two intermediate products, beet fiber and beet juice, emerge from the crushing process. The beet fiber can be sold as is for $27 or processed further for $16 to make the end product industrial fiber that is sold for 540. The beet juice can be sold as is for $43 or processed further for $28 to make the end product refined sugar that is sold for 100. Which of the intermediate products should be processed further? Beet fiber should NOT be processed into industrial fiber, beet juice should be processed into refined sugar Beet fiber should NOT be processed into industrial fiber, beet juice should NOT be processed into refined sugar Beet fiber should be processed into industrial fiber, beet juice should NOT be processed into refined sugar Beet fiber should be processed into industrial fiber; beetjuice should be processed into refined sugar Acex Inc. budgeted the following results for this upcoming year based on last year's operations: $ Sales Variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses Net operating income Average operating assets 11,400,000 8,180,000 3,220,000 2,422,000 798,000 6,000,000 $ $ At the beginning of this year, the company has another extra $900,000 investment opportunity with the following characteristics: Sales Contribution margin ratio Fixed expenses $ 2,880,000 30% of sales $ 720,000 The company's minimum required rate of return is 12%. If the company pursues the investment opportunity, this year's combined residual income for the entire company will be closest to: $24,300 $114,000 $848,700