You have been asked by MPAC Ltd to analyse two projects, X and Y. Each project costs £1,000,000, and the company's cost of capital is 10 percent per annum. The expected net cash flows are as follows:...

Extracted text: You have been asked by MPAC Ltd to analyse two projects, X and Y. Each project costs £1,000,000, and the company's cost of capital is 10 percent per annum. The expected net cash flows are as follows: Project X £600,000 £500,000 £300,000 £100,000 Project Y £200,000 £300,000 £400,000 £675,000 Year 1 3 4 Required: Calculate the following for each project: i) ii) iii) a) net present value modified internal rate of return discounted payback period b) Which project(s) should be accepted if they are independent? Explain why. c) How might a change in the cost of capital produce a conflict between the net present value and internal rate of return rankings of these two projects? Would this conflict exist if the cost of capital were changed? Why does the conflict exist? Discuss critically.