Daryl Kearns saved $290,000 during the 25 years that he worked for a major corporation. Now he has retired at the age of 50 and has begun to draw a comfortable pension check every month. He wants to ensure the financial security of his retirement by investing his savings wisely and is currently considering two investment opportunities. Both investments require an initial payment of $186,000. The following table presents the estimated cash inflows for the two alternatives: Opportunity 01 Opportunity 2 $ 55,670 103,300 $ 58,360 109,500 Y $78,860 12,500 Your 4 $101,330 14,800 Mr. Keams decides to use his past average return on mutual fund investments as the discount rate: It is 12 percent. (PV L$1 and PVA of $1 (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.) Required a. Compute the nel present value of each opportunity. Which should Me Kearns adopt based on the net present value approach? b. Compute the payback period for each opportunity. Which should Mr. Kearns adopt based on the payback approach? Yui diswers in the tabs below. Required A Required B Compute the net present value of each opportunity. Which should Mr. Kearns adopt based on the net present value approach? (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to two decimal places.) Net Present Value Opportunity 1 Opportunity 2 Which opportunity should be chosen? Required B Required A Required B Compute the payback period for each opportunity. Which should Mr. Kearns adopt based on the payback approach? Payback Period years Opportunity 1 Opportunity 2 Which opportunity should be chosen? years