Question

A firm with unlimited funds must evaluate five projects. Projects 1 and 2 are independent and Projects 3, 4, and 5 are mutually exclusive. The projects are listed with their returns. A ranking of the projects on the basis of their returns from the best to the worst according to their acceptability to the firm would be ________.

Answer 1

4, 1, 2,

Step-by-step explanation:

Here are the projects and their returns

Project Return (%)

1 14

2 12

3 10

4 15

5 12

the firm should choose the project with the highest returns

Projects are mutually exclusive if the projects cannot occur at the same time. If one project is chosen, the others cannot be chosen.

Project 3,4,5 are mutually exclusive. If one of the projects are chosen, other projects cannot be chosen.

Project 4 has the highest return, so it would be chosen first.

the next project with the next highest return is project 1 and then project 2