Bottle Rocket Engineering has a weighted$-$average cost of capital of $12\mathrm{.}57$ percent. The firm is evaluating project A$,$ which is believed by all to have a cost of capital of $12\mathrm{.}57$ percent. The project would involve an initial investment of $$18,400\mathrm{.}00,$ an expected cash flow of $-$$$12,000\mathrm{.}00$ in year $1,$ and an expected cash flow of $$48,700\mathrm{.}00$ in year $2.$ Stride Fast Mechanical has a lower weighted$-$average cost of capital than Bottle Rocket Engineering. Which of the following assertions is true?

Since the expected cash flows for project A are not conventional, the NPV can not be computed

The NPV of project A computed by Bottle Rocket Engineering would be less than the NPV of project A computed by Stride Fast Mechanical

It is not clear whether the NPV of the project computed by Bottle Rocket Engineering would be less than, equal to$,$ or greater than the NPV of the project computed by Stride Fast Mechanical

The NPV of project A computed by Bottle Rocket Engineering would be greater than the NPV of project A computed by Stride Fast Mechanical

The NPV of project A computed by Bottle Rocket Engineering would be equal to the NPV of project A computed by Stride Fast Mechanical