You run a construction firm. You have just won a contract to build a government office building. It will take one year to construct it requiring an investment of $10.91 million today and $5.00 million in one year. The government will pay you $24.00 million upon thebuilding's completion. Suppose the cash flows and their times of payment arecertain, and therisk-free interest rate is 9%.

a. What is the NPV of thisopportunity?

b. How can your firm turn this NPV into cashtoday?