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An oil-drilling company must choose between two mutuallyexclusive extraction projects, and each requires an initial outlayat t = 0 of $12.8 million. Under Plan A, all the oil would beextracted in 1 year, producing a cash flow at t = 1 of $15.36million. Under Plan B, cash flows would be $2.2744 million per yearfor 20 years. The firm's WACC is 12.6%.

  1. Construct NPV profiles for Plans A and B. Enter your answers inmillions. For example, an answer of $10,550,000 should be enteredas 10.55. If an amount is zero, enter "0". Negative values, if any,should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediatecalculations. Round your answers to two decimal places.

    Discount RateNPV Plan ANPV Plan B
    0%$  million    $  million    
    5millionmillion
    10millionmillion
    12millionmillion
    15millionmillion
    17millionmillion
    20millionmillion

    Identify each project's IRR. Do not round intermediatecalculations. Round your answers to two decimal places.

    Project A: %

    Project B: %

    Find the crossover rate. Do not round intermediate calculations.Round your answer to two decimal places.

    %

  2. Is it logical to assume that the firm would take on allavailable independent, average-risk projects with returns greaterthan 12.6%?

If all available projects with returns greater than 12.6% havebeen undertaken, does this mean that cash flows from pastinvestments have an opportunity cost of only 12.6%, because all thecompany can do with these cash flows is to replace money that has acost of 12.6%?

Does this imply that the WACC is the correct reinvestment rateassumption for a project's cash flows?

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    An oil-drilling company must choose between two mutuallyexclusive extraction projects, and each requires an initial outlayat t = 0 of $12.8 million. Under Plan A, all the oil would beextracted in 1 year, producing a cash flow at t = 1 of $15.36million. Under Plan B, cash flows would be $2.2744 million per yearfor 20 years. The firm's WACC is 12.6%.Construct NPV profiles for Plans A and B. Enter your answers inmillions. For example, an answer of $10,550,000 should be enteredas 10.55. If an amount is zero, enter "0". Negative values, if any,should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediatecalculations. Round your answers to two decimal places.Discount RateNPV Plan ANPV Plan B0%$  million    $  million    5millionmillion10millionmillion12millionmillion15millionmillion17millionmillion20millionmillionIdentify each project's IRR. Do not round intermediatecalculations. Round your answers to two decimal places.Project A: %Project B: %Find the crossover rate. Do not round intermediate calculations.Round your answer to two decimal places.%Is it logical to assume that the firm would take on allavailable independent, average-risk projects with returns greaterthan 12.6%?If all available projects with returns greater than 12.6% havebeen undertaken, does this mean that cash flows from pastinvestments have an opportunity cost of only 12.6%, because all thecompany can do with these cash flows is to replace money that has acost of 12.6%?Does this imply that the WACC is the correct reinvestment rateassumption for a project's cash flows?

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