Blossom Corp. management is planning to convert an existing warehouse into a new plant that will increase its production capacity by

$45$ percent. The cost of this project will be $$8,467,824.$ It will result in additional cash flows of $$2,312,200$ for each of the next eight

years. The discount rate is $11\mathrm{.}83$ percent.

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a$.$ What is the payback period? $($Round answer to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.15\mathrm{.}25.)$

The project's payback period is

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b$.$ What is the NPV for this project? $($Round intermediate calculations and final answer to $0$ decimal places, e$.$g$.1,251.$ Do not round discount

factor values. Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e$.$g$.-45$ or parentheses e$.$g$.(45).)$

The project's NPV is $

c$.$ What is the IRR? $($Round answer to $3$ decimal places, e$.$g$.15\mathrm{.}251\%.)$

The project's IRR is