Suppose Cold Goose Metal Works Inc. is evaluating a proposed capital budgeting project (project Beta) that will require an initial investment of $3,225,000. The project is expected to generate the following net cash flows:

Year	Cash Flow
Year 1	$275,000
Year 2	$450,000
Year 3	$500,000
Year 4	$425,000

Cold Goose Metal Works Inc.s weighted average cost of capital is 10%, and project Beta has the same risk as the firms average project. Based on the cash flows, what is project Betas NPV?

A: -$2,324,593

B: -$1,937,161

C: $1,287,839

D: -$1,662,161

Cold Goose Metal Works Inc.s decision 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