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Cash flows in APV model

State the intuition of discounting several cash flows in APV model at particular discount rates?

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APV model is a value-additive system where total value is computed through the sum of present values of the individual cash inflows and outflows.  Each cash flow will not essentially have same amount of risk linked with it.  To account for the risk differences in analysis, every cash flow is discounted at the rate commensurate with the inherent riskiness of cash flow.

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