Paula Boothe. president of the Novak Corporation, has mandated a minimum 8% return on investment for any project undertaken by the company. Given the company's decentralization, Paula leaves all investment decisions to the divisional managers as long as they anticipate a minimum rate of return of at least 10%. The Energy Drinks division, under the direction of manager Martin Koch, has achieved a 14% return on investment for the past three years. This year is not expected to be different from the past three. Koch has just received a proposal to invest $1,834,000 in a new line of energy drinks that is expected to generate $320,000 in operating income. Assume that Novak Corporation's actual weighted-average cost of capital is 10% and its tax rate is 31%. (a) Calculate the economic value added of the proposed new line of energy drinks. (If the economic value added is negative them n enter with a negative sign preceding the number, e.g. -5,125 or parenthesis, e.g. (5.125). Round answer to O decimal places, e.g. 5,125.) Economic value added $ e Textbook and Media Save for Later Attempts: 0 of 3 used Submit Answer (b) If Martin Koch is evaluated based on economic value added, will he choose to invest in the new line of energy drinks? eTextbook and Media Save For Later Attempts: 0 of 3 used Submit