Carolina Company Is Considering Projects S and L,whose Cash Flows

question 41

Multiple Choice

Carolina Company is considering Projects S and L,whose cash flows are shown below.These projects are mutually exclusive,equally risky,and are not repeatable.If the decision is made by choosing the project with the higher IRR,how much value will be forgone? Note that under some conditions choosing projects on the basis of the IRR will cause $0.00 value to be lost.

• A)$11.45
• B)$12.72
• C)$14.63
• D)$16.82
• E)$19.35

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Definitions:

Short Run

A time period in economics during which at least one input is fixed and cannot be changed by the business.

Monopolistically Competitive

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Average Total Cost

Average total cost is the total cost of production divided by the number of units produced, encompassing both fixed and variable costs.

Per-Unit Profit

The profit earned on each unit of a product sold, calculated by subtracting the per-unit cost from the selling price per unit.