One share of Viola Pearl Inc. (VPI) stock currently costs $125 to purchase,

This stock has historically paid a dividend of $0.05 per share every quarter year,

The stock's price has increased at a rate of 5% per year over the past several years.

If you assume that the quarterly dividend payments and the stock's price-increase rate will remain constant, use the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Method to make a recommendation of whether you should purchase 1000 shares today and then sell them 4 years from today, if your MARR is 8%.