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Bellinger Industries is considering two projects for inclusion in its capital budget, and you have been asked to do the analysis. Both projects' after-tax cash flows are shown on the time line below. Depreciation, salvage values, net operating working capital requirements, and tax effects are all included in these cash flows. Both projects have 4-year lives, and they have risk characteristics similar to the firm's average project. Bellinger's WACC is 10%.

	0		1		2		3		4
Project A	-1,100		600		380		270		340
Project B	-1,100		200		315		420		790

What is Project As IRR? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

___________________%

What is Project B's IRR? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

___________________ %

If the projects were independent, which project(s) would be accepted according to the IRR method?would be accepted.

a. Neither project

b. Project A

c. Project B

D. or Both projects A and B

If the projects were mutually exclusive, which project(s) would be accepted according to the IRR method? would be accepted.

a. Neither project

b. Project A

c. Project B

d. Both projects A and B would be accepted.

Could there be a conflict with project acceptance between the NPV and IRR approaches when projects are mutually exclusive?

a. yes

b. no

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