a. Determine the payback period of each project. Data table b. Which project is acceptable based on payback period? (Click on the icon here in order to copy the contents of the data table below into a spreadsheet.) a. The payback period of project A is years. (Round to two decimal places.) The payback period of project B is years. (Round to two decimal places.) b. Which project is acceptable based on payback period? (Select the best answer below.) Project A would be preferred over project B because the larger cash flows are in the later years of the project. Project B would be preferred over project A because the larger cash flows are in the early years of the project