SECOND QUESTION OPTIONS ARE ACCEPT/REJECT

Evaluating cash flows with the NPV method The net present vaiue (WPV) rule is considered one of the most common and preferred criterla that generally lead to good investment decisions. Consider this case: Suppose Happy Dog Soap Company is evaluating a proposed capital budgeting project (project Beta) that will require an initlal investment of $2,750,000. The project is expected to generate the following net cash flows: Happy Dog Soap Company's weighted average cost of capital is 7%, and project Beta has the same risk as the firm's average project. Based on the cash flows, what is project Beta's NPV? $1,513,809$1,316,356$1,579,627$866,356 Making the accept or reject decision Happy Dog Soap Company's deosion to accept or reject project Beta is independent of its decisions on other projects. If the firm follows the NPV method, it should project Beta. Suppose your boss has asked you to analyze two mutually excluslve projects-project A and project B. Both projects require the same investment amount, and the sum of cash inflows of Project A is larger than the sum of cash inflows of project B. A coworker told you that you don't need to do an NPV analysis of the projects because you already know that project A will have a larger NPV than project B. Do you agree with your coworker's statement? Yes, project A will always have the largest NPV, because its cash inflows are greater than project B's cash infiows. No, the NPV calculation will take into account not only the projects' cash infiows but also the timing of cash infiows and outfiows. Consequently, project B could have a larger NPV than project A, even though project A has larger cash inflows. No, the NPV calculation is based on percentage returns, so the size of a project's cash flows does not affect a project's NPV