Estimating Future Cash Flows and Discounting Them Back to the Present

question 40

Multiple Choice

Estimating future cash flows and discounting them back to the present is part of which capital budgeting technique?

• A) the future value method
• B) the internal rate of return
• C) the net present value method
• D) the payback method

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