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Kerston Company has operating assets of $$20,000,000.$ The company$$s operating income for the most recent accounting period was $$1,600,000.$ The Dannica Division of Kerston controls $$8,000,000$ of the company$$s assets and earned $$720,000$ of its operating income. Kerston$$s desired ROI is $7$ percent. Kerston has $$600,000$ of additional funds to invest. The manager of the Dannica division believes that his division could earn $$51,000$ on the additional funds. The highest investment opportunity to any of the company$$s other divisions is $7\mathrm{.}50$ percent.

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Calculate the ROI of Dannica Division.

$(1)$ Before investment opportunity.

$(2)$ Only on the new investment opportunity.

$(3)$ Dannica total ROI if investment opportunity is accepted.

Calculate the Dannica Division residual income from the new investment opportunity. If residual income is used as the sole performance measure, would the manager of the Dannica Division be likely to accept or reject the additional funding?