Allard's corporate headquarters has made avaliable up to $550,000 of capital for this division. Any funds not invested by the division will be retained by headquarters and invested to earn the company's minimum required rate of return, 7 percent. Required: 1. Compute the residual income for each of the opportunities. (Round to the nearest dollar.) 2. Compute the divisional residual income for each of the following four alternatives: (Round to the nearest dollar.) a. The juice box is added. b. The fruit pouch is added. c. Both investments are added. d. Neither investment is made; the status quo is maintained. Assuming that divisional managers are evaluated and rewarded on the basis of residual income, which alternative do you think the divisional manager will choose? 3. Assuming that management acts as you recommend in requirement 2 , compute the change in profit (loss) from the divisional manager's investment decision. Was the correct decision made? Residual Income and Investment Decisions Allard, Inc, presented two years of data for its Frozen Foods Division and its Canned Foods Division. Frozen Foods Division: Canned Division: At the end of Year 2 , the manager of the Canned Division is concerned about the division's performance. As a result, he is considering the opportunity to invest in two independent projects. The first is juice boxes for elemeitary school children, The second is fruit and veggie pouches for kids on the go. Without the investments, the division expects that Year 2 data will remain unchanged. The expected operating incomes and the outlay required for each investment are as follows: Allard's corporate headquarters has made available up to $5$0,000 of captat for this division. Any funds not invested by the division will be retained by headquarters and invested to earn the company's minimum recuired rate of return, 7 percent