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You are deciding between two mutually exclusive investment opportunities. Both require the same initial investment of $10million. Investment A will generate $2 million per year (starting at the end of the first year) in perpetuity. Investment B will generate $1.5 million at the end of the first year and its revenues will grow at 2% per year for every year after that.
- a. Which investment has the higher
IRR ? - b. Which investment has the higher
NPV when the cost of capital is 7%? - c. In this case, for what values of the cost of capital does picking the higher IRR give the correct answer as to which investment is the best opportunity?
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