IRR$-$Mutually exclusive projects Bell Manufacturing is attempting to choose the better of two mutually

exclusive projects for expanding the firm's warehouse capacity. The relevant cash flows for the projects are shown

in the following table: $.$ The firm's cost of capital is $14\%.$

a$.$ Calculate the IRR for each of the projects. Assess the acceptability of each project on the basis of the IRRs.

b$.$ Which project is preferred?

a$.$ The internal rate of return $($IRR$)$ of project $x$ is

$\%.($Round to two decimal places.$)$

Data table

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