Consider the cash flows for projects Alpha and Beta as follows: Project Alpha Beta Required: (a) (b) Year 0 cash flow -$250 - $150 Year 1 cash flow 0 Year 2 cash flow 400 200 0 Determine the discount rate that will make the NPV of the two projects equal. (Ignore negative discount rates.) Determine the range of discount rates in which project Alpha is preferred to project Beta.
Consider the cash flows for projects Alpha and Beta as follows: Project Alpha Beta Required: (a) (b) Year 0 cash flow -$250 - $150 Year 1 cash flow 0 Year 2 cash flow 400 200 0 Determine the discount rate that will make the NPV of the two projects equal. (Ignore negative discount rates.) Determine the range of discount rates in which project Alpha is preferred to project Beta.
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Transcribed Image Text:Consider the cash flows for projects Alpha and Beta as follows:
Project
Alpha
Beta
Required:
(a)
(b)
Year 0 cash flow
-$250
- $150
Year 1 cash flow
0
Year 2 cash flow
400
200
0
Determine the discount rate that will make the NPV of the two projects equal. (Ignore
negative discount rates.)
Determine the range of discount rates in which project Alpha is preferred to project Beta.
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