Question: You are considering two mutually exclusive projects with the following after-tax cash-flows. When your company's cost of capital (WACC) is 8%, which statement is reasonable

You are considering two mutually exclusive projects with the following after-tax cash-flows. When your company's cost of capital (WACC) is 8%, which statement is reasonable?

Year Project A Project B
0 (Initial) -800 -800
1 400 0
2 300 0
3 200 0
4 100 1200
IRR (please verify) 12.16% 10.67%
NPV (please calculate) ? ?

  • A.

    We should select Project A because it has a higher IRR than Project B.

  • B.

    We should select Project A because it has a higher NPV than Project B.

  • C.

    We should select Project B because it has a higher NPV than Project A.

  • D.

    We should select Project B because it has a higher IRR than Project A. (That is, the IRRs in the table are incorrect.)

  • E. We should reject both Project A and Project B because both projects have negative NPVs.

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