Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Cardinal Company is considering a five-year project that would require a $2,810,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. The company's discount rate is 16%. The project would provide net operating income in each of five years as follows: Click here to view Exhibit 12B-1 and Exhibit 128-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table. If the company's discount rate was 18% instead of 16%, would you expect the project's net present value to be higher, lower, or the stme? Higher Lower same