Two firms examined the same capital budgeting project which had an IRR of 16%. One firm accepted the project but the other rejected it. One of the firms must have made an incorrect decision. Discuss the validity of this statement.

the statement is not valid. A company can reject the 16% IRR project if it is less than its discount rate. the discount rate is the minimum acceptable rate at which a project can be accepted. so, if 16% is less than than the discount rate, the project would be rejected.

on the other hand, if the discount rate is less than 16%, the project should be accepted because the return of the project would be greater than the discount rate.

Explanation:

Internal rate of return is the discount rate that equates the after tax cash flows from an investment to the amount invested.

answeri believe this is (true );

of the three mortgage options that demarco and tanya have to choose from, the balloon payment mortgage would be their best option, over adjustable payment and fixed payment plans.ultimately, the balloon payment plan would save demarco and tanya overall, in interest, would cost less monthly, and they would only have to make these payments for 8 years, opposing to 30 years for adjustable or fixed payment plans. 

overall, demarco and tanya would save $80,811 if they chose balloon payments over fixed payments, and would save $116,711 if they choose balloon payments over adjustable payments. benefits with choosing fixed payments over adjustable payments is that, in the end, the payments will still be $836.30 a month, while with adjustable payments, the initial monthly payments will be $763.38 to $1082.70 a month, ultimately leading to a more costly purchase. benefits with choosing fixed payments over balloon payments are not present. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over is that it has a lower interest rate, and starts with lower monthly payments initially. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over balloon payments include a lower interest rate, and lower initial monthly payments. benefits in choosing balloon payments over fixed payments include lower interest rates, lower overall price, lower monthly payments, takes less time to pay off, and does not require a downpayment. benefits in choosing balloon payments over adjustable payments include, lower monthly payments (when averaged), takes less time to pay off, and lower overall price.

hence, option c, balloon payments, is the best option for demarco and tanya to make this purchase, for it will save them a minimum of $80811, and a maximum of $116,711.