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Explanation / Answer

NPV is high with project A, hence Project A is accepted.

Project A Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Initial investment             (4,00,000) Annual cash flows                70,000                70,000                70,000                70,000                70,000                70,000          70,000          70,000          70,000          70,000 Net cash flow             (4,00,000)                70,000                70,000                70,000                70,000                70,000                70,000          70,000          70,000          70,000          70,000 Discount rate@ 9.00%                   1.0000                0.9174                0.8417                0.7722                0.7084                0.6499                0.5963          0.5470          0.5019          0.4604          0.4224 Discounted cash flow       (4,00,000.00)          64,220.18          58,917.60          54,052.84          49,589.76          45,495.20          41,738.71    38,292.40    35,130.64    32,229.94    29,568.76 NPV             49,236.04 Present value of cash inflows A         4,49,236.04 Present value of cash outflows B         4,00,000.00 PI A/B                       1.12