A Firm with Unlimited Funds Must Evaluate Five Projects

question 81

Multiple Choice

A firm with unlimited funds must evaluate five projects. Projects 1 and 2 are independent and Projects 3, 4, and 5 are mutually exclusive. The projects are listed with their returns. A ranking of the projects on the basis of their returns from the best to the worst according to their acceptability to the firm would be ________.

• A) 4, 1, 2 or 5, and 3
• B) 4, 1, and 2
• C) 3, 2 or 5, 1, and 4
• D) 4, 1, 5, and 3

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