You are considering an investment for which you require a 10 percent rate of return. The investment will cost $52,000 and produce cash inflows of $10,000 a year for eight years. Should you accept this project based on its internal rate of return? Why or why not?

a. yes; because the IRR is 14.08 percent

b. yes; because the IRR is 11.81 percent

c. yes; because the IRR is 10.71 percent

d. no; because the IRR is equal to 10 percent

e. no; because the IRR is 8.04 percent