Score: 0 of 1 pt 3 of 7 (1 complete) HW Score: 9.52%, 0.67 of 7 pts P10-8 (book/static) Question Help NPV Simes Innovations, Inc., is negotiating to purchase exclusive rights to manufacture and market a solar-powered toy car. The car's inventor has offered Simes the choice of either a one-time payment of $1,500,000 today or a series of 5 year-end payments of $385,000. a. If Simes has a cost of capital of 9%, which form of payment should it choose? b. What yearly payment would make the two offers identical in value at a cost of capital of 9%? c. What would be your answer to part a of this problem if the yearly payments were made at the beginning of each year? d. The cash inflows associated with this purchase are projected to amount to $250,000 per year for 15 years. Will this factor change the firm's decision about how to fund the initital investment? a. If Simes has a cost of capital of 9%, the present value of the annuity is $ (Round to the nearest dollar.)