Calculate the IRR of each project.                                                                            With technical reasoning, recommend, which project you would undertake “NPV is a vital technical appraisal method” Discuss this statement with relation to startup firms in your country

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Reed River Apiary is considering which of two mutually exclusive project it should undertake to expand its covidex production considering the booming business. The finance director thinks that the project with the higher NPV should be chosen, whereas the managing director thinks that the one with the higher IRR should be undertaken, especially as both projects have the same initial outlay and length of life. The company anticipates a cost of capital of 10%, and the net after tax cash flows of the projects are as follows:

 

Year

Project M

Project N

 

“000”

“000”

0

(200)

(200)

1

35

218

2

80

10

3

90

10

4

75

4

5

20

3

 

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  1. Calculate the IRR of each project.                                                                           
  2. With technical reasoning, recommend, which project you would undertake
  3. “NPV is a vital technical appraisal method” Discuss this statement with relation to startup firms in your country
  4. While considering to set up a profit making primary school in Masaka one of the upcoming cities in Uganda, a team of shareholders of Kasita Company Limited approach you for technical advice, on how to capitalize the project. Utilizing the two schools of thought that underpin the capital structuring decision, kindly advise the shareholders
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