Projects a and B Require an Initial Investment of $48,000

question 31

Multiple Choice

Projects A and B require an initial investment of $48,000 and $98,000,respectively.The projects are mutually exclusive,and you know the smaller project has a positive NPV.Which one of these methods is probably the best method to use to determine which project to accept?

• A)Discounted payback
• B)Modified internal rate of return
• C)Average accounting rate of return
• D)Incremental internal rate of return
• E)Internal rate of return

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Definitions:

Discretionary Spending

Non-essential expenditures by consumers or the government, which can be adjusted based on the current financial situation.

Minimum Capital Requirements

The least amount of capital a bank or financial institution must hold to mitigate risks and ensure financial stability.

Regulators

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Capital Asset Pricing Model

A model that describes the relationship between systematic risk and expected return for assets, particularly stocks, used in the pricing of risky securities.