Yummy Company has three divisions: Chips, Cookies, and Crackers. The company has a hurdle rate of 7 percent. Selected operating data for the three divisions follow:

Yummy is considering an expansion project in the upcoming year that will cost $5,250,000 and return $525,000 per year. The project would be implemented by only one of the three divisions.

Required:
1. Compute the ROI for each division.
2. Compute the residual income for each division.
3. Rank the divisions according to the ROI and residual income of each.
4. Compute the return on the proposed expansion project. Is this an acceptable project to Yummy?
5. Without any additional calculations, state whether the proposed project would increase or decrease each division’s ROI.
6. Compute the new ROI and residual income for each division if the project was implemented within thatdivision.

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Chips Division Cookies Divio Crackers Division Sales revenue Cost of goods sold Miscellaneous operating expenses Interest and taxes Average invested assets $ 458,000 316,000 58,000 29,000 1,600,000 560,000 313,925 72,000 39,000 1,450,000 $ 486,000 233,600 42,000 35,500 2,630,000