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Professor Wendy Smith has been offered the following opportunity. A law firm would like to retain her for an upfront payment of $48.000. In retum, for the next year the firm would have access to eight hours of her time every month As an alternative payment arrangement the firm would pay Professor Smith's hourly rate for the eight hours each month Smith's rate is $535 per hour and her opportunity cost of capital is 15% per year. What does the IRR rule advise regarding the payment arrangement? Hint Find the monthly rate that will yield an effective annual rate of 15%) What about the NPV rule? The IRR is 13.44% Round to two decimal places The IRR rule advises (Select the best choice below Since the IRR w loss than the cost of capital 15% Smith should tom down this opportunity 8. Since the IRR is less than the cost of capital 15% Sot should accept this opportunity With an IRR o 15% and with Smith's cost of capital according to the IRR rule, she should reject this portunity None of the above The NPV is (Round to the nearest dollar