Consider the following two mutually exclusive projects:

Year	Cash Flow (A)		Cash Flow (B)
0	$	420,000	$	37,500
1		46,500		19,900
2		59,500		13,800
3		76,500		16,100
4		535,000		12,900

The required return on these investments is 10 percent.

a. What is the payback period for each project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

	Payback period
Project A	years
Project B	years

b. What is the NPV for each project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

	Net present value
Project A	$
Project B	$

c. What is the IRR for each project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

	Internal rate of return
Project A	$
Project B	$

d. What is the profitability index for each project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 3 decimal places, e.g., 32.161.)

	Profitability index
Project A
Project B

e. Based on your answers in (a) through (d), which project will you finally choose?

(Click to select)Project AProject B

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