1. Net present value (NPV) Evaluating cash flows with the NPV method The net present value (WPV) rule is considered one of the most common and preferred criteria that generally lesd to good investment decisions. Consider this case: Suppose Green Caterpalar Garden Supplies Inc. is evaluating a proposed capital budgeting project (project Beta) that will require an initial investment of $3,225,000. The project is expected to generate the following net cash flows: Green Caterpiliar Garden Supplies Inc's welghted average cont of capital is 8%, and project Beta has the same risk as the firm's average project Based on the cash flows, what is project Beta's Nirv? $1,342,079$1,407,921$1,617,079$5,042,079 Making the accept or reject decision Green Caterpiliar Garden Supplies. Incis decision to accept or reject project Beta is independent of its decisions on other projects. If the firm foliows the Npy methed, it should Suppose your boss has asked you to anmlyze two mutually exclusve projects-project A and project is. 6oth projecta require the fisme investment amount, and the sum of cash inflows of Project A is larger than the sum of cash infiows of project 0. . A coworker told you that you don' need to do an Nov analysis of the projects becaute you already know that nroject A wull have a larger Nip thsh project B. Do you agree with your coworker's Batement