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A manufacturing company must choose among a series of new investment projects. The net present value $($NPV$)$ of the future stream of returns and capital requirements for each project, along with the available capital funds over the next three years, are summarized as follows.

$\backslash$table$[[,$Candidate Project,Capital$],[,$A$,$B$,$C$,$D$,$E$,$Budget$],[$NPV Payoff,$$6,400,$$$10,900,$$$17,100,$$$11,300,$$$21,400,-],[$Year $1$ Cap Req.,$$1,400,$$$2,700,$$$4,100,$$$2,500,$$$5,600,$$$12,400$