Velasquez Manufacturing has two vastly different lines of business: Alpha and Omega. The Alpha line is the riskiest of the two, and accounts for 72 percent of the firms sales. When deciding which project proposals should be accepted, the managers should:

Multiple Choice

• allocate more funds to Alpha since it is the largest line of business.

• fund all of Omega's projects first since they tend to be less risky and then allocate the remaining funds to the Alpha projects that have the highest net present values.

• allocate the company's funds to the projects with the highest net present values based on the company's weighted average cost of capital.

• assign appropriate, but differing, discount rates to each business line and then select the projects with the highest net present values.

• fund the highest net present value projects from each line of business based on an allocation of 72 percent of the funds to Alpha and the remainder to Omega.