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Washington's actual cost of capital was 12%. Required: 1. Calculate the EVA for the Adams Division. If required, enter a negative EVA as a negative number by entering your answer with the minus sign. 2. Calculate the EVA for the Jefferson Division. If required, enter a negative EVA as a negative number by entering your answer with the minus sign. 3. Conceptual Connection: Is each division creating or destroying wealth? Adams Division Jefferson Division 4. Conceptual Connection: Describe generally the types of actions that Washington's management team could take to increase Jefferson Division's a. Increase the after-tax operating profit that is generated from using the same amount of invested capital. b. Continue to generate the same after-tax operating profit but use less capital to do so. c. Continue to generate the same after-tax operating profit using the same amount of capital, but with a lower cost of capital. d. Decrease the after-tax operating profit that is generated from using the same amount of invested capital. e. Continue to generate the same after-tax operating profit but use more capital to do so