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You are choosing between two projects. The cash flows for the projects are given in the following table ($ million):
Project |
Year 0 |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
A |
-$ 49 |
$ 24 |
$ 19 |
$ 20 |
$ 13 |
B |
-$ 100 |
$ 18 |
$ 39 |
$ 48 |
$ 59 |
a. What are the IRRs of the two projects?
b. If your discount rate is
5.5 %
what are the
NPVs
of the two projects?
c. Why do IRR and NPV rank the two projects differently?