Question: 1. What causes the time-disparity ranking problem? What reinvestment rate assumptions are associated with the NPV and IRR capital-budgeting criteria?
2. What is the unequal lives problem in ranking mutually exclusive projects? How do managers deal with it?
3. (IRR calculation) Determine the IRR on the following projects:
a. An initial outlay of $10,000 resulting in a single free cash flow of $17,182 after 8 years
b. An initial outlay of $10,000 resulting in a single free cash flow of $48,077 after 10 years
c. An initial outlay of $10,000 resulting in a single free cash flow of $114,943 after 20 years
d. An initial outlay of $10,000 resulting in a single free cash flow of $13,680 after 3 years.