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lease explain any and all formulas/calculations using Excel. Mr. Cyrus Clops, the president of Giant Enterprises, has to make a choice between two possible investments: Cash Flows ($thousands) Project C0 C1 C2 IRR(%) A -450 +250 +300 14 B -225 +120 +179 19.8 The opportunity cost of capital is 5%. Mr. Clops is tempted to take B, which has the higher IRR.  However, Mr. Clops is wrong.  Show him how to adapt

lease explain any and all formulas/calculations using Excel. Mr. Cyrus Clops, the president of Giant Enterprises, has to make a choice between two possible investments: Cash Flows ($thousands) Project C0 C1 C2 IRR(%) A -450 +250 +300 14 B -225 +120 +179 19.8 The opportunity cost of capital is 5%. Mr. Clops is tempted to take B, which has the higher IRR.  However, Mr. Clops is wrong.  Show him how to adapt

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Please explain any and all formulas/calculations using Excel.

Mr. Cyrus Clops, the president of Giant Enterprises, has to make a choice between two possible investments:

Cash Flows ($thousands)

Project

C0

C1

C2

IRR(%)

A

-450

+250

+300

14

B

-225

+120

+179

19.8

The opportunity cost of capital is 5%.

Mr. Clops is tempted to take B, which has the higher IRR.

 However, Mr. Clops is wrong.  Show him how to adapt the IRR rule to choose the best project

 

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    WIn this case project B has a higher IRR than project A. However, project B is half the size of project A. Mr. Clops can compute the incremental IRR (IIRR). Mr. Clops should take project B when the discount rate is less thant the IIRR= 10%
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    WIn this case project B has a higher IRR than project A. However, project B is half the size of project A. Mr. Clops can compute the incremental IRR (IIRR). Mr. Clops should take project B when the discount rate is less thant the IIRR= 7.7%
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    WIn this case project B has a higher IRR than project A. However, project B is half the size of project A. Mr. Clops can compute the incremental IRR (IIRR). Mr. Clops should take project A when the discount rate is less thant the IIRR= 10%
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    WIn this case project B has a higher IRR than project A. However, project B is half the size of project A. Mr. Clops can compute the incremental IRR (IIRR). Mr. Clops should take project A when the discount rate is less thant the IIRR= 7.7%

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