Union Atlantic Corporation, Which Has a Required Rate of Return

question 22

Multiple Choice

Union Atlantic Corporation, which has a required rate of return equal to 14 percent, is evaluating a capital budgeting project that has the following characteristics: Union Atlantic's capital budgeting manager has determined that the project's net present value is $7,008.According to this information, which of the following statements is correct?

• A) The project's internal rate of return (IR
• R) must be greater than 14 percent.
• B) The project's discounted payback must be less that its economic life.
• C) The project should be purchased by Union Atlantic.
• D) All of these statements are correct.
• E) None of these statements is correct.

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