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(Mutually exclusive projects and NPV) You have been assigned the task of evaluating two mutually exclusive projects with the following projected cash flows:
YEAR PROJECT A CASH FLOW PROJECT B CASH
FLOW
0 -105,000 -105,000
1 40,000 0
2 40,000 0
3 40,000 0
4 40,000 0
5 40,000 240,000
If the appropriate discount rate on these projects is 8 percent, which would be chosen and why? What is the NPV of project A? What is the NPV of project b?