(Compulsory) 15. A company is considering two mutually exclusive projects. Both require an initial cash outlay of Rs.20000 each, and have a life of five years. The company's required rate of return is...

Extracted text: (Compulsory) 15. A company is considering two mutually exclusive projects. Both require an initial cash outlay of Rs.20000 each, and have a life of five years. The company's required rate of return is 10% and pays tax at a 35% rate. The projects with be depreciated on a straight - line basis. The before taxes cash flows expected to be generated by the projects are as follows. Before-tax cash flows (Rs.) Project1 2 3 4 5 A 8000 8000 8000 8000 8000B 12000 6000 4000 10000 10000 calcualte for each project: The NPV and the internal rate of return. Which project should be accepted and why.