Business executives often prefer to work with percentage rate of return, so to overcome some of the IRR's limitations the modified IRR was devised. The MIRR equation is: AN COF IX.CF/(1+r)" (1+MIRR) TV PVcosts (1-MIEUR)" While the IRR's reinvestment rate assumption is the IRR, the MIRR's reinvestment rate assumption is the project's WACC V. As a result, the MIRR is generally a better indicator of a project's true profitability than IRR. Unlike the IRR, there can never be more than one MIRR, and the MIRR can be compared with the project's WACC when deciding to accept or reject projects. For independent projects, the NPV, IRR, and MIRR always reach the same accept/reject conclusion; so the three criteria are equally good when evaluating independent projects. If projects are mutually exclusive and they differ in size, conflicts in project acceptance can varise. In these cases, the NPV v is the best decision method because it selects the project that maximizes firm value. Quantitative Problem: Bellinger Industries is considering two projects for inclusion in its capital budget, and you have been asked to do the analysis. Both projects' after-tax cash flows are shown on the time line below. Depreciation, salvage values, net operating working capital requirements, and tax effects are all included in these cash flows. Both projects have 4-year lives, and they have risk characteristics similar to the firm's average project. Bellinger's WACC is 9%. Project A -1,450 600 360 250 300 Project B -1,450 200 295 400 750 What is Project A's MIRR? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. 5.22 % What is Project B's MIRR? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. 5.49 % If the projects were independent, which project(s) would be accepted according to the MIRR method? Both projects A and BV If the projects were mutually exclusive, which project(s) would be accepted according to the MIRR method? Project B