Consider the case of Blue Hamster Manufacturing Inc.:Last Tuesday, Blue Hamster Manufacturing Inc. lost a portion of its planning and financial data when both its mainand its backup servers crashed. The company's CFO remembers that the internal rate of return (IRR) of ProjectLambda is 13.8%, but he can't recall how much Blue Hamster originally invested in the project nor the project's netpresent value (NPV). However, he found a note that detailed the annual net cash flows expected to be generated byProject Lambda. They are:YearCash FlowYear 1$2,200,000Year 2$4,125,000Year 3$4,125,000Year 4$4,125,000The CFO has asked you to compute Project Lambda's initial investment using the information currently available toyou. He has offered the following suggestions and observations:A project's IRR represents the return the project would generate when its NPV is zero or thediscounted value of its cash inflows equals the discounted value of its cash outflows-when thecash flows are discounted using the project's IRR.The level of risk exhibited by Project Lambda is the same as that exhibited by the company'saverage project, which means that Project Lambda's net cash flows can be discounted using BlueHamster's 8% WACC.Given the data and hints, Project Lambda's initial investment isand its NPV is(rounded to the nearest whole dollar).A project's IRR willif the project's cash inflows increase, and everything else is unaffected.

Consider the case of Blue Hamster Manufacturing Inc.: Last Tuesday, Blue Hamster Manufacturing Inc. lost a portion of its planning and financial data when both its main and its backup servers crashed. The company's CFO remembers that the internal rate of return (IRR) of Project Lambda is 13.8%, but he can't recall how much Blue Hamster originally invested in the project nor the project's net present value (NPV). However, he found a note that detailed the annual net cash flows expected to be generated by Project Lambda. They are: Year Cash Flow Year 1 $2,200,000 Year 2 $4,125,000 Year 3 $4,125,000 000

Consider the case of Blue Hamster Manufacturing Inc.: Last Tuesday, Blue Hamster Manufacturing Inc. lost a portion of its planning and financial data when both its main and its backup servers crashed. The company's CFO remembers that the internal rate of return (IRR) of Project Lambda is 13.8%, but he can't recall how much Blue Hamster originally invested in the project nor the project's net present value (NPV). However, he found a note that detailed the annual net cash flows expected to be generated by Project Lambda. They are: Year Cash Flow Year 1 $2,200,000 Year 2 $4,125,000 Year 3 $4,125,000 000

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