A mutual fund manager has a 540 million portfolio with a beta of 1.00. The risk-free rate is 4.25%, and the market risk premium is 6.00%. The manager expects to receive an additional $13.50 million which she plans to invest in additional stocks. After investing the additional funds, she wants the fund's required and expected return to be 13.00%. What must the average beta of the new stocks be to achieve the target required rate of return? Do not round your intermediate calculations Select one: a. 2.39 b.2.82 c.3.24 Ooo