Question: Consider the following two mutually exclusive projects Year Cash Flow (A) Cash Flow (B) 0 $ 359,000 $ 45,500 1 36,000 23,100 2 56,000 21,100

Consider the following two mutually exclusive projects


YearCash Flow (A)Cash Flow (B)
0−$ 359,000−$ 45,500
136,00023,100
256,00021,100
356,00018,600
4431,00013,700


Whichever project you choose, if any, you require a return of 14 percent on your investment.
a-1.What is the payback period for each project?
a-2.If you apply the payback criterion, which investment will you choose?
b-1.What is the discounted payback period for each project?
b-2.If you apply the discounted payback criterion, which investment will you choose?
c-1.What is the NPV for each project? 
c-2.If you apply the NPV criterion, which investment will you choose?
d-1.What is the IRR for each project? 
d-2.If you apply the IRR criterion, which investment will you choose
e-1.What is the profitability index for each project? 
e-2.If you apply the profitability index criterion, which investment will you choose?


Based on your answers in (a) through (e), which project will you finally choose?


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