The Butler Perkins Company (BPC) must decide between two mutually exclusive projects Each project has an initial after tax cash outflow of $6,500 and has an expected life of 3 years Annual project after tax cash flows begin 1 year after the initial investment and are subject to the following probability distributions Project A Project B Probability Cash Flows Probability Cash Flows 0 2 $6,250 0 2 $ 0 0 6 6,500 0 6 6,500 0 2 6,750 0 2 17,000 BPC has decided to evaluate the riskier project at 11 and the less risky project at 10 What is each project's expected annual after tax cash flow Round your answers to the nearest cent Project A $ Project B $ Project B's standard deviation ( B ) is $5,464 and its coefficient of variation (CV B ) is 0 75 What are the values of A and CV A Do not round intermediate calculations Round your answer for standard deviation to the nearest cent and for coefficient of variation to two decimal places A $ CV A Based on the risk adjusted NPVs, which project should BPC choose Select Project AProject BItem 5 If you knew that Project B's cash flows were negatively correlated with the firm's other cash flows, but Project A's cash flows were positively correlated, how might this affect the decision Select This would make Project B more appealing This would make Project B less appealing Item 6 If Project B's cash flows were negatively correlated with gross domestic product (GDP), while A's cash flows were positively correlated, would that influence your risk assessment Select This would make Project B more appealing This would make Project B less appealing

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The Butler-Perkins Company (BPC) must decide between two mutually exclusive projects. Each project has an initial after-tax cash outflow of $6,500 and has an expected

The Butler-Perkins Company (BPC) must decide between two mutually exclusive projects. Each project has an initial after-tax cash outflow of $6,500 and has an expected life of 3 years. Annual project after-tax cash flows begin 1 year after the initial investment and are subject to the following probability distributions:

Project A		Project B
Probability	Cash Flows	Probability	Cash Flows
0.2	$6,250	0.2	$ 0
0.6	6,500	0.6	6,500
0.2	6,750	0.2	17,000

BPC has decided to evaluate the riskier project at 11% and the less-risky project at 10%.

What is each project's expected annual after-tax cash flow? Round your answers to the nearest cent.

Project A: $

Project B: $

Project B's standard deviation (_B) is $5,464 and its coefficient of variation (CV_B) is 0.75. What are the values of _A and CV_A? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer for standard deviation to the nearest cent and for coefficient of variation to two decimal places.

_A: $

CV_A:
Based on the risk-adjusted NPVs, which project should BPC choose? -Select-Project AProject BItem 5
If you knew that Project B's cash flows were negatively correlated with the firm's other cash flows, but Project A's cash flows were positively correlated, how might this affect the decision? -Select-This would make Project B more appealing.This would make Project B less appealing.Item 6 If Project B's cash flows were negatively correlated with gross domestic product (GDP), while A's cash flows were positively correlated, would that influence your risk assessment? -Select-This would make Project B more appealing.This would make Project B less appealing.