Western Division
the Western Division of Lansing Chemical Co $\begin{array}{ll}\text { Sales } & \$ 10,000,000 \\\text {Segment income } & 1,500,000 \\\text { Assets } & 6,000.000\\\end{array}$

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Western Division
The Western Division of Lansing Chemical Co.produced the following operating results for the previous year:
$\begin{array}{ll}\text { Sales } & \$ 10,000,000 \\\text {Segment income } & 1,500,000 \\\text { Assets } & 6,000.000\\\end{array}$



The Western Division is considering a $1,000,000 investment in a new project.The Western Division estimates that its return on investment (for all of its operations)would be at 22% with the new investment.
Refer to Western Division.If the manager of the Western Division is evaluated on return on investment alone,will the manager invest in the new project? Explain.