Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
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ISBN: 9780077861704
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6, Problem 1QP
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The present value of future cash flows that is found to be discounted at a particular rate of discount is called as present value.
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a. If the opportunity cost of capital is 8%, which of these two projects would you accept (A, B, or both)?
b. Suppose that you can choose only one of these two projects. Which would you choose? The discount rate is still 8%.
c. Which one would you choose if the cost of capital is 16%?
d. What is the payback period of each project?
e. Is the project with the shortest payback period also the one with the highest NPV?
f. What are the internal rates of return on the two projects?
g. Does the IRR rule in this case give the same answer as NPV?
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
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