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You are deciding between two mutually exclusive investment opportunities. Both require the same initial investment of $9.8 million Investment A will generate $1.87 million per year (starting at the end of the first year) in perpetuity. Investment B will generate $1.52 million at the end of the first year, and its revenues will grow at 2.2 % per year for every year after that.
a. Which investment has the higher IRR? The IRR of investment A is______ %. (Round to two decimal places.)
b. Which investment has the higher NPV when the cost of capital is 7.8 %?_______.
c. In this case, when does picking the higher IRR give the correct answer as to which investment is the best opportunity?_______.