The Titanic Shipbuilding Company has a noncancelable contract to build a small cargo vessel. Construction involves a cash outlay of$270,000 at the end of each of the next two years. At the end of the third year, the company will receive payment of $620,000.The company can speed up construction by working an extra shift. In this case, there will be a cash outlay of $584,000 at the end ofthe first year followed by a cash payment of $620,000 at the end of the second year. Use the IRR rule to show the (approximate) rangeof opportunity costs of capital at which the company should work the extra shift.Note: Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Enter the smallest percent first.The company should work the extra shift if the cost of capital is between% and%.

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