using the data table, please answer questions A through D

and the other is in the Guf Coast. The Bemett Shale project requires a much larger incul investment but provides cash flows (if successful) over a much longer period of time than the Gur Coast. opponinity. In addition, the longer life of the Bamett Shale project also results in additional expenditures in year 3 of the project to enhance production throughout the projects 10 -year expected ife. This expendinure involves pumping either waler or CO2 down into the wels in order to increase the fow of ol and gas fom the structure. The expected cast flows for the tero projocts are as follows: a. What is the payback period for each of the two projects? b. Based on the paytack pariods, which of the two projects eppears to be the beat asemative? What are the imitations of the payback perod ranking? That as, what does tone payoack period not consider that is important he determining the value creation petential of these two projects? c. If Plato's manegement uses a discount rate of 20.7 percent to evaluate the present values of its onergy investment projects, what is the NPV of the ino proposed invesiments? d. What is your estimate of the value that wil be creased for Plato by the acceptance of each of these two investrents? a. Given the cash flow infocmation in the tablo, the paytock penod of the Bamett Shale project is years. (Round to two decimat placene) Data table