William Industries is attempting to choose the better of two mutually exclusive projects for expanding the firm€™s production capacity. The relevant cash flows for the projects are shown in the following table. The firm€™s cost of capital is 15%.

a. Calculate the IRR for each of the projects.
b. Assess the acceptability of each project based on the IRRs found in part (a).
c. Which project is preferred, based on the IRRs found in part (a)?

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Project A Project B Year Cash Flows S550,000 $110,000 132,000 165,000 209,000 275,000 -$358,000 $154,000 132,000 105,000 77,000 55,000 4