The net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) methods of investment analysis are interrelated and are sometimes used together to make capital budgeting decisions Consider the case of Fuzzy Button Clothing Company: Last Tuesday, Fuzzy Button Clothing Company lost a portion of its planning and financial data when both its main and its backup servers crashed. The company's CFO remembers that the internal rate of return (IRR) of Project Lambda is 14.6%, but he can't recall how much Fuzzy Button originally invested in the project nor the project's net present value (NPV). However, he found a note that detailed the annual net cash flows expected to be generated by Project Lambda. They are: Year Cash Flow Year 1 $2,400,000 Year 2 $4,500,000 Year 3 $4,500,000 Year 4 $4,500,000 The CFO has asked you to compute Project Lambda's initial investment using the information currently available to you. He has offered the following suggestions and observations