Problem:
Your company's cost of capital is 12%. You are currently evaluating three projects that have the following cash flow streams:
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Cash Flows at Time t
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Project
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0
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1
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2
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3
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4
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A
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-10,000
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4,000
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4,000
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4,000
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4,000
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B
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-10,000
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0
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0
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0
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50,000
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C
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-1,000
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500
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500
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500
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500
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a) Find the payback period, discounted payback period, IRR, and NPV for each of the three projects.
b) Use the payback period to evaluate options A and B. Which would you choose according to this method? Why does payback period give the wrong answer?
c) Suppose projects A and C are mutually exclusive. Use the IRR to establish which of the two you should undertake. Why doesIRR give the wrong answer?
d) Determine whether Project A or C should be undertaken using incremental IRR.
Additional Information:
The question belongs to Finance and it is about evaluating three projects A, B and C with cash flows. The payback period, discounted payback period, IRR and NPV for each of the projects have been calculated.