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Explanation / Answer

The investment should be considered in Year 0 and the inflows start from Year 6.

                              6                        7                    8                          9                        10

Expected          3330000            5000000       4600000             5170000              4230000

Actual               2630000            2970000        4900000            3810000              3560000

Discount rate     0.56                     0.51              0.47                  0.42                      0.39

Multiply the cash inflows with the discount rates and we get:

Expected NPV: - 5585144

Actual NPV: - 7717122