Your factory has been offered a contract to produce a part for a new printer. The contract would last for threeyears, and your cash flows from the contract would be

$4.95

million per year. Your upfront setup costs to be ready to produce the part would be

$8.05

million. Your discount rate for this contract is

7.6%.

a. What is the IRR?

b. The NPV is $4.80 million, which is positive so the NPV rule says to accept the project. Does the IRR rule agree with the NPV rule?

(Round to two decimal places.)