You are deciding between two mutually exclusive investment opportunities. Both require the same initial investment of $9.8 million. Investment A will generate $2.12 million per year (starting at the end of the first year) in perpetuity. Investment B will generate $1.42 million at the end of the first year, and its revenues will grow at 2.4% per year for every year after that.

a. The IRR of investment A is ____% (round to two decimal places)

b. The IRR of investment B is ____% (round to two decimal places)

c. what is the NPV of investment A when the cost capital is 5.7% _____

d. what is the NPV of investment B when the cost capital is 5.7% _____

e. In this case, when does picking the higher IRR give the correct answer as to which investment is the best opportunity?