1. Nustar Company has a market value of $1,125,000 while Optum Corporation has a market value of $1,780,000. Optum is merging with Nustar and expects the combined firm to have a market value of $3,248,000. If the current Nustar shareholders obtain $1,250,000 of equity in the new firm, how much synergy was allocated to the Optum shareholders?

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   		$204,000
   		$186,000
   		$218,000
   		$162,000