Monster Resort Corporation You are just appointed as the Financial Manager for Monster Resort Corporation. On your first duty reporting day, your boss has given you two proposed investment projects with the following estimated cash flows. Year 0 Expected Net Cash Flow Project M Project P ($100 000) ($100 000) $10 000 $70 000 $60 000 $50 000 $80 000 $20 000 1 2 3 Project M involves constructing a new resort in a new market, it would take some time to build up the clientele, and so the cash inflows would increase over time. Project P involves renovating of an old resort in an economically saturated market, and its cash flows would decrease over time. Both projects have 3-year project lives. Depreciation, trade-in values, net working capital requirements, and tax effects are all included in these cash flows. Both projects have risk characteristics which are similar to the company's average project. Monster Resort Corporation requires a rate of return of 10% per year. You are now instructed to determine whether one or both of these two investment projects should be selected. And you decided to apply three common capital budgeting techniques for evaluation. 2. (a) What is payback period? Find the payback period of Projects M and P. (Show your workings clearly by tabular format) (b) According to the payback criterion, which project should be selected if Monster Resort Corporation's maximum acceptable payback is 2 years? Would it be a different choice if two projects are independent? Justify your answers