Purple Whale Foodstuffs Inc. is evaluating a proposed capital budgeting project (project Delta) that will require an initial investment of $1,450,000. Purple Whale Foodstuffs Inc. has been basing capital budgeting decisions on a project's NPV; however, its new CFO wants to start using the IRR method for capital budgeting decisions. The CFO says that the IRR is a better method because percentages and returns are easier to understand and to compare to required returns. Purple Whale Foodstuffs Inc.'s WACC is 10%, and project Delta has the same risk as the firm's average project. The project is expected to generate the following net cash flows: Which of the following is the correct calculation of project Delta's IRR? 4.11%5.14%5.40%4.37% If this is an independent project, the IRR method states that the firm should If the project's cost of capital were to increase, how would that affect the IRR? The IRR would increase. The IRR would decrease. The IRR would not change