Return on Investment and Economic Value Added Calculations with varying Assumptions Knitpix Products is a division of Parker Textiles Inc. During the coming year it expects to earn income at $320,000 based on sales of $3,45 million. Without any new Investments, the division will have average operating assets of $3 million. The division is considering a capital investment project-adding knitting machines to produce Gaiters-that requires an additional investment of $600,000 and increases net income by $57.500 (sales would increase by $575,000). It made the investment would Increase beginning operating assets by $600,000 and ending operating assets by S480,000. Assume that the actual cost of capital for the company is 8 Required: 1. Compute the ROI for the division without the investment, Round your answer to two decimal places 2. Compute the margin and turnover ratios without the Investment, Show that the product of the margin and turnover ratios equals the Raf computed in Requirement 1. Round your answers to two decimal places Margin M Turnover ROI 3. Conceptual Connection: Compute the ROI for the division with the new investment. Round your answer to one decimal place Do you think the divisional manager will approve the investment? 4. Conceptual Connection Compute the margin and turnover ratios for the division with the new investment. Round your answers to two decimal places. How do these compare with the old ratios? Margin Turnover 5. Concentual Connection: Compute the EVA of the division with and without the investment EVA without the investment EVA with the investment Should the manager decide to make the knitting machine investment