A company is considering two mutually exclusive expansion plans. Plan A requires a $41 million expenditure on a large-scale integrated plant that would provide expected cash flows of $6.55 million per year for 20 years. Plan B requires a $13 million expenditure to build a somewhat less efficient, more labor-intensive plant with an expected cash flow of $2.91 million per year for 20 years. The firm's WACC is 9%.

a. Calculate each project's NPV

(Round to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations)

( Enter answers in millions. An answer of $10,550,000 should be entered as 10.55)

Plan A = $ million

Plan B = $ million

b. Calculate each project's IRR. Round your answer to two decimal places.

Plan A %

Plan B %

c. By graphing the NPV profiles for Plan A and Plan B, approximate the crossover rate to the nearest percent. %

d. Calculate the crossover rate where the two projects' NPVs are equal. Round your answer to two decimal places. %

e. Why is NPV better than IRR for making capital budgeting decisions that add to shareholder value?