Tedder Mining has analyzed a proposed expansion project and determined that the internal rate of return is lower than the firm desires.

Which one of the following changes to the project would be most expected to increase the project's internal rate of return?

A:condensing the firm's cash inflows into fewer years without lowering the total amount of those inflows

B:decreasing the required discount rate

C:decreasing the amount of the final cash inflow

D:increasing the initial investment in fixed assets

E:eliminating the salvage value