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P10-16 (similar to) Question Help IRR Mutually exclusive projects Bell Manufactu

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P10-16 (similar to) Question Help IRR Mutually exclusive projects Bell Manufacturing is attempting to choose the better of two mutually exclusive projects for expanding the firm's warehouse capacity. The relevant cash flows for the projects are shown in the following table:. The firm's cost of capital is 14% a. Calculate the IRR for each of the projects. Assess the acceptability of each project on the basis of the IRRs b. Which project is preferred? a. The internal rate of return (IRR) of project Xis%. (Round to two decimal places.) Enter vour answer in the answer box and then click Check Answer.

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Project X is better since it has high IRR

PROJECT X Year Project Cash Flows (i) DF@ 12% (ii) PV of Project A ( (i) * (ii) ) DF@ 20% (ii) PV of Project A ( (i) * (ii) ) DF@ 10% (ii) PV of Project A ( (i) * (ii) ) 0 -500000 1                 (500,000.00) 1 (500,000.00) 1 (500,000.00) 1 120000 0.893                   107,142.86 0.833    100,000.00 0.839    100,696.48 2 150000 0.797                   119,579.08 0.694    104,166.67 0.704    105,622.73 3 160000 0.712                   113,884.84 0.579      92,592.59 0.591      94,540.78 4 200000 0.636                   127,103.62 0.482      96,450.62 0.496      99,165.87 5 240000 0.567                   136,182.45 0.402      96,450.62 0.416      99,856.55 CASH INFLOW                   103,892.84 NPV     (10,339.51) NPV          (117.59) IRR = Ra + NPVa / (NPVa - NPVb) * (Rb - Ra) 12% + 103892.84 / (103892.84+10339.51)*(20%-12%) 19.17%