Alan is charged with determining which small projects should be funded. Along with this assignment, he has been granted the use of $15,000 for a maximum of two years. He is considering three projects. Project A costs $7,500 and has cash flows of $4,000 a year for Years 1 to 3. Project B costs $8,000 and has cash flows of $3,000, $4,000, and $3,000 for Years 1 to 3, respectively. Project C costs $2,000 and has a cash inflow of $2,500 in Year 2. What decisions should he make regarding these projects if he assigns them a mandatory discount rate of 8.5 percent? Explain why.