The Internal Rate of Return for an Investment

The internal rate of return for an investment:

A) Frequently results in positive net present value on attractive projects.
B) Generally coincides with the company's discount rate.
C) Disregards discounted cash flows.
D) On mutually exclusive projects may produce different project rankings than the net present value (NPV) method.
E) Would tend to be reduced if a company used an accelerated method of depreciation for tax purposes rather than the straight-line (SL) method.