All techniques, conflicting rankings Nicholson Roofing Materials, Inc., is considering two mutually exclusive projects, that both cost $$170,000.$ The company's board of directors has set a $4-$year payback

requirement the cost of capital is $9\%.$ The project cash flows are shown in the following table:

a$.$ Calculate the payback period for each project. Rank the projects by payback period.

b$.$ Calculate the NPV of each project. Rank the project by NPV$.$

c$.$ Calculate the IRR of each project. Rank the project by IRR.

d$.$ Make a recommendation.

a$.$ The payback period of project $A$ is years. $($Round to two decimal places.$)$

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