If you were to make a capital-budgeting decision based on project cash flows, would you prefer to use NPV, the IRR method, the payback rule, or the discounted payback rule? Why would you use the method that you have selected? What is the advantage of using multiple methods?

Juanita and sam attend a beach party and notice that the local beach appears to have a great deal more trash washed up on shore than it did when they were young. the water doesn't appear nearly as clear, and there seems to be less evidence of small water creatures living in the shallows. an afternoon at the local library convinces them that one major cause is the new factory nearby. after some discussion, they decide their next step should be identifying the cause of the changes identifying the problem picketing the guilty factory lobbying their elected representatives to complain about the problem talking to a local environmental group about solutions