Suppose your firm is considering investing in a project with the cash flows shown below, that the required rate of return on projects of this risk class is 9 percent, and that the maximum allowable payback and discounted payback statistics for the project are 2.0 and 3.0 years, respectively.
Time: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Cash flow –$7,100 $1,000 $2,200 $1,400 $1,400 $1,200 $1,000
Use the IRR decision rule to evaluate this project.