Consider the following projects, X and Y where the firm can only choose one. Project X costs $600 and has cash flows of $400 in each of the next 2 years. Project Y also costs $600, and generates cash flows of $500 and $275 for the next 2 years, respectively. Which investment should the firm choose if the cost of capital is 15 percent?     Project X, since it has a higher NPV than Project Y     Project Y, since it has a higher NPV than Project X     neither, since both the projects have negative NPV     neither, since both the projects have positive NPV

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  1. Consider the following projects, X and Y where the firm can only choose one. Project X costs $600 and has cash flows of $400 in each of the next 2 years. Project Y also costs $600, and generates cash flows of $500 and $275 for the next 2 years, respectively. Which investment should the firm choose if the cost of capital is 15 percent?

       

    Project X, since it has a higher NPV than Project Y

       

    Project Y, since it has a higher NPV than Project X

       

    neither, since both the projects have negative NPV

       

    neither, since both the projects have positive NPV

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