3. Calculate the internal rate of return for each product. (Round percentage answers to 1 decimal place. i.e. 0.1234 should be considered as 12.3% and round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places.)

Lou Barlow, a divisional manager for Sage Company, has an opportunity to manufacture and sell one of two new products for a five-year period. His annual pay raises are determined by his division's return on investment (ROI), which has exceeded 23% each of the last three years. He has computed the cost and revenue estimates for each product as follows: Product A Product B $260,000 $ 480,000 Initial investment: Cost of equipment (zero salvage value) Annual revenues and costs: Sales revenues Variable expenses Depreciation expense Fixed out-of-pocket operating costs $330,000 $152,000 $ 52,000 $ 78,000 $ 430,000 $ 202,000 $ 96,000 $ 58,000 The company's discount rate is 14%. Click here to view Exhibit 8B-1 and Exhibit 8B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor using tables