Two Mutually Exclusive Investment Opportunities Require an Initial Investment of $5

question 16

Multiple Choice

Two mutually exclusive investment opportunities require an initial investment of $5 million.Investment A then generates $1.5 million per year in perpetuity,while investment B pays $1 million in the first year,with cash flows increasing by 3% per year after that.At what cost of capital would an investor regard both opportunities as being equivalent?

• A)3%
• B)6%
• C)9%
• D)10%
• E)12%

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