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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  | 
 negative $ 49−$49  | 
 $ 26$26  | 
 $ 20$20  | 
 $ 20$20  | 
 $ 13$13  | 
| 
 B  | 
 negative $ 98−$98  | 
 $ 22$22  | 
 $ 41$41  | 
 $ 51$51  | 
 $ 61$61  | 
a. What are the IRRs of the two projects?
b. If your discount rate is
5.2 %5.2%,
what are the
NPVs
of the two projects?
c. Why do IRR and NPV rank the two projects differently?