Dana Company is considering two mutually exclusive projects. The firm, which has a 12 percent cost of capital, has estimated its cash flows as shown in the following table.

a. Calculate the NPV of each project, and assess its acceptability.
b. Calculate the IRR for each project, and assess its acceptability.
c. Draw the NPV profiles for both projects on the same set of axes.
d. Evaluate and discuss the rankings of the two projects on the basis of your findings in parts a, b, and c.
e. Explain your findings in part d in light of the pattern of cash inflows associated with each project.

Project A Project B Initial investment (CFo) USS130,000 US$85,000 Year (t) Cash inflows (CF) US$25,000 35,000 45,000 50,000 55,000 USS40,000 35,000 30,000 10,000 5,000