Scott Johnson was trying to evaluate the return on his cooperative equity investment. Scott has $$120,000$ invested in his cooperative. Last year, he received $$2,000$ dividends on this investment and a $$12,000$ patronage refund. He also figured that he got $$1,500$ more for his crops by selling through the cooperative than through other marketing alternatives available to him. He could also buy some minor input supplies at wholesale prices from the cooperative, and he figured that saved him $$1,000.$ Finally, Scott believed that commodity prices might fall if the cooperative was not present in the marketplace. He might easily lose $$3,000$ in farm revenue if such a thing happened.

Match Scott's total cooperative equity investment, sum of all returns from his cooperative, and total realized return on his cooperative equity to the provided numbers below.

$$ Total cooperative equity investment

A$.120,000$D$.$ Yes

Realized return on cooperative equity

E$.13,500($percentage$)$

F$.$ No

If Scott could realize a $15\%$ return by

G$.11\mathrm{.}25\%$ dealing with a noncooperative and reinvesting his $$120,000$ elsewhere, should he continue being a cooperative member? $($Answer: Yes or No$)$