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Subject: Accounting and Finance
Category: Business and Money > Accounting
Asked by: buffcode-ga
List Price: $5.00
Posted: 03 Jun 2005 10:44 PDT
Expires: 03 Jul 2005 10:44 PDT
Question ID: 528984
NPV/IRR. Consider projects A and B:
                    Cash Flows, Dollars
Project        C0         C1       C2      NPV at 10%
  A         ?30,000     21,000   21,000    +$6,446
  B         ?50,000     33,000   33,000    +$7,273
Calculate IRRs for A and B. 
Which project does the IRR rule suggest is best? 
Which project is really best?
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Subject: Re: Accounting and Finance
Answered By: wonko-ga on 03 Jun 2005 11:38 PDT
 
A = 26%.  B = 21%.  IRR would say Project A.  However, Project B has a
higher NPV, so it should be selected.

Sincerely,

Wonko

Source:  "Go with the cash flow: Calculate NPV and IRR in Excel"
Microsoft Corporation (2005)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011136321033.aspx
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