The G. Wolfe Corporation is examining two capital-budgeting projects with 5-year lives. The first, project A, is a replacement project; the second, project B, is a project unrelated to current operations. The G. Wolfe Corporation uses the risk-adjusted discount rate method and groups projects according to purpose, and then it uses a required rate of return or discount rate that has been preassigned to that purpose or risk class. The expected cash flows for these projects are given in the popup window,

What is the risk-adjusted NPV of project A? $ _________

PROJECT A PROJECT B Initial investment -220,000 -340,000 Cash inflows: Year 1 110,000 120,000 Year 2 20,000 120,000 Year 3 30,000 120,000 Year 4 70,000 120,000 Year 5 150,000 120,000

PURPOSE REQUIRED RATE OF RETURN Replacement decision 8% Modification or expansion of existing product line 15% Project unrelated to current operations 18% Research and development operations 20%