15. Comparing Investment Criteria Consider the following two mutually exclusive projects: LO 1 LO 3 LO 4 LO 6 Year Cash Flow (A) AW N O - $245,000 34,000 49,000 51,000 325,000 Cash Flow (B) -$53,000 31,900 21,800 17,300 16,200 a. Whichever project you choose, if any, you require a return of 13 percent on your investment. If you apply the payback criterion, which investment will you choose? Why? b. If you apply the NPV criterion, which investment will you choose? Why? c. If you apply the IRR criterion, which investment will you choose? Why? d. If you apply the profitability index criterion, which investment will you choose? Why? Based on your answers in parts (a) through (d), which project will you finally choose? Why? e