IRR: Mutually exclusive projects Nile inc. wants to choose the better of two mutually exclusive projects that expand warehouse capacity. The projects' cash fows are shown in the following table: The cost of capital is \15. 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 wo decimal places.) \\begin{tabular}{ccc} \\hline & Project \\( \\mathbf{X} \\) & Project \\( \\mathbf{Y} \\) \\\\ \\cline { 2 - 3 } Initial investment \\( \\left(\\boldsymbol{C F}_{0}\ ight) \\) & \\( \\$ 500,000 \\) & \\( \\$ 320,000 \\) \\\\ \\hline Year \\( (\\boldsymbol{t}) \\) & \\multicolumn{2}{c}{ Cash inflows \\( \\left(\\boldsymbol{C F}_{\\boldsymbol{t}}\ ight) \\)} \\\\ \\hline 1 & \\( \\$ 110,000 \\) & \\( \\$ 130,000 \\) \\\\ 2 & \\( \\$ 150,000 \\) & \\( \\$ 140,000 \\) \\\\ 3 & \\( \\$ 170,000 \\) & \\( \\$ 75,000 \\) \\\\ 4 & \\( \\$ 180,000 \\) & \\( \\$ 70,000 \\) \\\\ 5 & \\( \\$ 260,000 \\) & \\( \\$ 60,000 \\) \\\\ \\hline \\end{tabular}