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***Please show all formulas and steps Project-SelectionTeam at ABC must evaluate 50 three-year-long projects whose characteristics are given below. The company has $2M and 20

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Project-SelectionTeam at ABC must evaluate 50 three-year-long projects whose characteristics are given below.

The company has $2M and 20 project managers availailable each year (each project requires a manager).

The company policy is that at most 4 projects selected can be high-risk projects.

The NPV and Cost (in thousands) is given below.

Which of the 50 projects should ABC select in order to maximize Total NPV (assume 0.1% Integer Optimality)

Total NPV:

DO IT? NPV Risk Level Cost Year 1 Cost Year 2 Cost Year 3
Project 1 318 High 86 91 96
Project 2 493 Medium 146 155 133
Project 3 123 High 34 33 37
Project 4 565 High 153 152 155
Project 5 176 Medium 50 47 47
Project 6 205 Low 57 55 56
Project 7 211 Medium 62 60 60
Project 8 347 High 99 103 103
Project 9 551 Medium 164 149 152
Project 10 226 Medium 64 70 63
Project 11 452 Medium 130 123 122
Project 12 106 Medium 31 31 29
Project 13 418 Low 125 113 126
Project 14 183 High 53 51 52
Project 15 450 High 135 126 124
Project 16 531 Medium 142 166 154
Project 17 189 Low 56 58 58
Project 18 315 Medium 88 86 93
Project 19 152 High 45 46 45
Project 20 309 High 86 87 86
Project 21 550 Low 156 150 157
Project 22 470 Low 148 138 145
Project 23 265 Medium 79 71 78
Project 24 537 Low 156 162 163
Project 25 357 High 113 96 113
Project 26 329 Medium 97 96 90
Project 27 449 High 140 132 124
Project 28 377 Medium 103 101 115
Project 29 374 Medium 111 110 114
Project 30 484 Low 148 147 149
Project 31 482 Low 130 149 140
Project 32 464 High 125 127 133
Project 33 580 Medium 181 173 182
Project 34 558 Medium 171 165 156
Project 35 276 High 83 75 77
Project 36 458 Low 129 130 124
Project 37 106 High 30 32 32
Project 38 390 Medium 122 108 114
Project 39 290 Medium 81 78 91
Project 40 220 Medium 65 69 69
Project 41 573 Medium 157 155 166
Project 42 468 Medium 129 139 137
Project 43 245 High 68 70 68
Project 44 189 High 52 57 56
Project 45 431 High 119 134 117
Project 46 540 Medium 158 170 165
Project 47 181 Low 53 56 52
Project 48 391 High 116 119 121
Project 49 554 High 173 165 169
Project 50 564 High 170 164 153

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