The accountant of Ronier, Inc., has prepared an analysis of a proposed capital project using discounted cash flow techniques. One manager has questioned the accuracy of the results because the discount factors employed in the analysis have assumed the cash inflows occurred at the end of the year when the cash inflows actually occurred uniformly throughout each year. The net present value calculated by the accountant (Multiple Choice):

A) Will be slightly overstated but usable

B) Will be in error and therefore not usable

C) Will be slightly understated but usable

D) Will produce an error the direction of which is undeterminable