Sunk costs include any cost that: will change if a project is undertaken. has previously been incurred and cannot be changed. will occur if a project is accepted and once incurred, cannot be recouped. will be incurred if a project is accepted. is paid to a third party and cannot be refunded for any reason whatsoever. Which one of the following statements concerning net present value (NPV) is correct? An investment should be accepted if the NPV is positive and rejected if it is negative. An investment should be accepted if, and only if, the NPV is exactly equal to zero. Any project that has positive cash flows for every time period after the initial investment should be accepted. An investment with greater cash inflows than cash outflows, regardless of when the cash flows occur, will always have a positive NPV and therefore should always be accepted. An investment should be accepted only if the NPV is equal to the initial cash flow