The net present value (NPV) rule is considered one of the most common and preferred criteris that generally lead to good investment decisions. Consider this case: Suppose Cute Camel Woodcraft Company is evaluating a proposed capital budgeting project (oroject Beta) that will require an initial investment of $2,500,000. The project is expected to generate the following net cash flows: the cash flows, what is project Beta's NPV? 53,751,19851,251,1985601,19851,438,878 Cute Camel Woodcraft Company's decision to accept or reject project Beta is independent of its decisions on other projects. If the firm follows the NFV method, it should project Beta. Suppose your boss has asked you to analyze two mutually exclusive projects-project A and project B. Both projects require the same investment amount, and the sum of cash inflows of Project A is larger than the sum of cash inflows of project B, A coworker told you that you don't need to do an NPV analysis of the projects because you already know that project A will have a larger NPV than project B. Do you agree with your coworker's statement? Yes, project A will always have the largest NPV, because its cash inflows are greater than profect B's cash inflows. No, the NPV calculation is based on percentage returns, so the size of a project's cash flows does not affect a project's NPV. No, the NPV calculation will take into account not only the projects' cash inflows but also the timing of cash inflois and outhows. Consequently, project B could have a larger NPV than project A, even though project A has larger cash inflows. The net present value (NPV) rule is considered one of the most common and preferred criteris that generally lead to good investment decisions. Consider this case: Suppose Cute Camel Woodcraft Company is evaluating a proposed capital budgeting project (oroject Beta) that will require an initial investment of $2,500,000. The project is expected to generate the following net cash flows: the cash flows, what is project Beta's NPV? 53,751,19851,251,1985601,19851,438,878 Cute Camel Woodcraft Company's decision to accept or reject project Beta is independent of its decisions on other projects. If the firm follows the NFV method, it should project Beta. Suppose your boss has asked you to analyze two mutually exclusive projects-project A and project B. Both projects require the same investment amount, and the sum of cash inflows of Project A is larger than the sum of cash inflows of project B, A coworker told you that you don't need to do an NPV analysis of the projects because you already know that project A will have a larger NPV than project B. Do you agree with your coworker's statement? Yes, project A will always have the largest NPV, because its cash inflows are greater than profect B's cash inflows. No, the NPV calculation is based on percentage returns, so the size of a project's cash flows does not affect a project's NPV. No, the NPV calculation will take into account not only the projects' cash inflows but also the timing of cash inflois and outhows. Consequently, project B could have a larger NPV than project A, even though project A has larger cash inflows