A firm is considering Projects S and L, whose cash flows are shown below. These projects are mutually exclusive, equally risky, and not repeatable. The CEO wants to use the IRR criterion, while the CFO favors the NPV method. You were hired to advise the firm on the best procedure. If the wrong decision criterion is used, how much potential value would the firm lose?
A) $188.68
B) $198.61
C) $209.07
D) $219.52
E) $230.49

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The NPV method is generally preferred over the IRR method for mutually exclusive projects because it directly measures the increase in value to the firm. The potential value lost by using the IRR method instead of the NPV method is the difference in NPV between the two projects, which is $209.07.

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