The CFO of BigCo is concerned about the sensitivity of his decisions to the choice of discount rate. For projects A, C, and E, plots the NPV profiles on the same graph. Does the NPV ranking of the three projects remain the same for every possible discount rate? Explain yourobservations.

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Table 1 Annual cash flows (all amounts in $millions) Year 0-1,000 Year 1 Year 21,000 Year 31,200 Year 42,500 Year 5 3,000 Project A Project B Project C Project D Project E Project F Project G 5,000 4,800 1,000 6,000 3,000 -4,000 2,000 1,500 1,000 300 500 200 8,000 2,000 2,000 8,000 2,000 2,500 -5,000 2,000 3,000 5,000 1,000 3,000 10,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 1,000 3,000 3,000 1,500 1,200 300 500