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Question - Suburban Lifestyles, Inc. has manufactured prefabricated houses for over 20 years. The houses are constructed in sections to be assembled on customers lots. Suburban Lifestyles expanded into the precut housing market when it acquired Fairmont Company, one of its suppliers. In this market, various types of lumber are precut into the appropriate lengths, banded into packages, and shipped to customers lots for assembly. Suburban Lifestyles management designated the Fairmont Division as an investment center. Suburban uses return on investment (ROI) as a performance measure with investment defined as average productive assets. Management bonuses are based in part on ROI. All investments are expected to earn a minimum return of 15 percent before income taxes. Fairmonts ROI has ranged from 19.3 to 22.1 percent since it was acquired. Fairmont had an investment opportunity in 20x1 that had an estimated ROI of 18 percent. Fairmonts management decided against the investment because it believed the investment would decrease the divisions overall ROI. The 20x1 income statement for Fairmont Division follows. The division's productive assets were $25,200,000 at the end of 20x1, a 5 percent increase over the balance at the beginning of the year.

FAIRMONT DIVISION Income Statement For the Year Ended December 31, 20x1 (in thousands)

Sales revenue .......................................................................... $48,000

Cost of goods sold ................................................................... 31,600

Gross margin ........................................................................... $16,400

Operating expenses:

Administrative ......................................................................... $4,280

Selling ...................................................................................... 7,200 11,480

Income from operations before income taxes ....................... $ 4,920

Required - Calculate the Residual income.