Conflicts between two mutually exclusive projects

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Conflicts between two mutually exclusive projects with greatly differing cash flow timing where the NPV method chooses one project but the IRR method chooses the other:

A. Results in the need to rework the cash flows to eliminate the different timing patterns.

B. Results in both projects being rejected since no clear preference occurs.

C. Should generally be resolved in favor of the project with the higher NPV or by applying incremental analysis when using the IRR.

D. Should not happen if calculations are done accurately.

E. Instead requires the use of the payback period, profitability index, or accounting rate of return technique to make a final decision.

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