Answer each independent question, (a) through (e). below a Project A costs $6,000 and will generate annual after-tax net cash inflows of $2,550 for 5 years. What is the payback period for this Investment under the assumption that the cash inflows occur evenly throughout the year? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) b. Project B costs $6,000 and will generate after-tax cash inflows of $650 in year 1, $1.350 in year 2. $2,300 in year 3. $2,650 in year 4 and $2,300 in year 5. What is the payback period in years) for this investment assuming that the cash inflows occur evenly throughout the year? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c Project costs $6,000 and will generate net cash inflows of $2,500 before taxes for 5 years. The firm uses straight-line depreciation with no salvage value and is subject to a 20% tax rate. What is the payback period under the assumption that all cash inflows occur evenly throughout the year? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) d. Project D costs $6,000 and will generate sales of $4,300 each year for 5 years. The cash expenditures will be $1,650 per year. The firm uses straight-line depreciation with an estimated salvage value of $650 and has a tax rate of 20% (1) What is the accounting (book) rate of return based on the original investment? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) (2) What is the book rate of return based on the average book value? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Use the built-in NPV function in Excel to calculate the amounts for projects a through a (Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.) et What is the NPV or project A? Assume that the firm requires a minimum after-tax return of 6% on investment e2. What is the NPV of project B? Assume that the firm requires a minimum after-tax return of 6% on investment e3. What is the NPV of project C? Assume that the firm requires a minimum after-tax return of 6% on investment e4 What is the NPV of project D? Assume that the firm requires a minimum after-tax return of 6% on investment b years years years % 36 d1 Payback period Payback period Payback period Book rate of retum Book rate of return NPV of Project A NPV of Project B NPV of Project NPV of Project D d2 01 02 03 04