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Projects A and B, both of equal risk, are mutually exclusive alternatives for expanding Corporation’s capacity. The firm’s cost of capital is 13%. The cash flows for each project are shown in the following table.
Project A Project B
Year 0: ($80,000) Year 0: ($80,000)
Year 1: $15,000 Year 1: $15,000
Year 2: $20,000 Year 2: $15,000
Year 3: $25,000 Year 3: $15,000
Year 4: $30,000 Year 4: $35,000
Year 5: $30,000 Year 5: $25,000
A. What is each project’s payback period?
B. What is each project’s net present value?
C. What is each project’s internal rate of return?
D. Which project should Corporation accept and why? Explain.
Answer of Part d:
Project A should be accepted beacuse the IRR and NPV is higher than the Project B.