Use This Information to Answer the Following Questions

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Essay

Use this information to answer the following questions.
A decision maker is provided with 5 different potential projects and must determine which projects to choose.The projects require different amounts of capital and different expected net present values (NPV)over the next three years.

-Refer to the information above.Determine which set of projects should be selected in order to achieve the maximum net present value if the following two conditions must also be met:
a)If project 1 is selected,then project 2 must be selected,and vice versa.
b)Since projects 4 and 5 require outsourcing various operations,the decision maker wants at most one of these projects to be included in the solution and not both.

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Definitions:

Consecutive Years

A period of time consisting of sequential years immediately following one another without interruption.

Predicting

The action or process of making forecasts about future events or outcomes based on current or historical data.

Weak Form

The hypothesis that past stock prices and trading volume do not affect future stock prices, suggesting that technical analysis cannot predict future movements.

Efficient-Market Hypothesis

The theory that all available information is already reflected in stock prices, suggesting that it is impossible to consistently achieve higher returns than the overall market through expert stock selection or market timing.