Telluride Tours is currently evaluating two mutually exclusive investments. After doing a scenario analysis and applying probabilities to each scenario, it has determined that the investments have the following distributions around the expected NPVs.

Several members of the management team have suggested that Project A should be selected because it has a higher potential NPV. Other members have suggested that Project B appears to be more conservative and should be selected. They have asked you to resolve this question.
a. Calculate the expected NPV for both projects. Can the question be resolved with this information alone?
b. Calculate the variance and standard deviation of the NPVs for both projects. Which project appears to be riskier?
c. Calculate the coefficient of variation for both projects. Does this change your opinion from part b?
d. Calculate the probability of a negative NPV for both projects.
e. Which project should be accepted? Why?

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Probability NPVA NPVB | $30,600 -$11,475 10% 1,913 15,300 38,250 28,688 42,075 7,650 20% 40% 20% 15,300 10% | 61,200