Joetz Corporation has gathered the following data on a proposed investment project (Ignore income taxes.):

Investment required in equipment	$	30,000
Annual cash inflows	$	6,000
Salvage value of equipment	$	0
Life of the investment		15	years
Required rate of return		10	%

The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur uniformly throughout a year except for the initial investment.

Click here to view Exhibit 13B-1 and Exhibit 13B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided.

The internal rate of return of the investment is closest to:

16%

18%

20%

22%