The NPV and IRR Methods, When Used to Evaluate Two

question 34

True/False

The NPV and IRR methods, when used to evaluate two equally risky but mutually exclusive projects, will lead to different accept/reject decisions and thus capital budgets if the cost of capital at which the projects' NPV profiles cross is less than the projects' cost of capital.

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Definitions:

ATC

Average Total Cost, which is the total cost of production divided by the quantity of output produced, including both fixed and variable costs.

Marginal Cost

Marginal Cost is the increase in cost resulting from the production of one additional unit of a good.

Break-even Point

The production level where total revenues equals total expenses, and there is neither profit nor loss.

Perfectly Elastic

Perfectly elastic describes a situation where the quantity demanded or supplied responds infinitely or extremely to changes in price.