Afirm is evaluating two independent projects utilizing the internal rate of return technique. project x has an initial investment of $80,000 and cash inflows at the end of each of the next five years of $25,000. project z has a initial investment of $120,000 and cash inflows at the end of each of the next four years of $40,000.

the firm should

a) accept both if the cost of capital is at most 15 percent.

b) accept only z if the cost of capital is at most 15 percent.

c) accept only x if the cost of capital is at most 15 percent.

d) none of the above

Aeuropean aircraft producer has spent 15 years in developing a new aircraft that would potential threaten long-lasting boeing's dominance (monopoly) in the same class of aircrafts. the new european aircraft gets high marks on all performance measures except noise. because of the noise, the european producers management is concerned that the us government may impose restrictions which would forbid their aircraft to land in some of the american airports. without restrictions the estimated (present discounted) profit would be 125 million usd. with the restrictions the profit would only be 25 million usd. the chances of both outcomes are estimated to be 50-50. management must decide now whether to the cost of redesign program problem and a 60% chance it will fail. should the european aircraft producer start the noise redesign program if they do not have any redesign parts of the aircraft to solve the noise problem. is 25 million usd. there is a 40% chance that redesign will solve the noise additional information than mentioned above? draw the decision tree, indicate probabilities and outcomes of the events * imagine that the company could find out in advance the outcome of the u.s. government's e find the expected value of perfect information about the u.s. government's decision. decision. draw a new decision tree, indicate probabilities and outcomes of the events.