1. Calculating Payback Period and NPV Greystone, Inc., has the following mutually exclusive projects. Year Project A Project B $21,400 10,600 -$30,600 15,400 15,600 8,600 3 6,200 9,600 a. Suppose the company's payback period cutoff is two years. Which of these two projects should be chosen? b. Suppose the company uses the NPV rule to rank these.two projects. Which project shouid be chosen if the appropriate discount rate is 15 percent?

1. Calculating Payback Period and NPV Greystone, Inc., has the following mutually exclusive projects. Year Project A Project B $21,400 10,600 -$30,600 15,400 15,600 8,600 3 6,200 9,600 a. Suppose the company's payback period cutoff is two years. Which of these two projects should be chosen? b. Suppose the company uses the NPV rule to rank these.two projects. Which project shouid be chosen if the appropriate discount rate is 15 percent?

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