The company has settled on the NPV appraisal method, using a discount rate of 10% and it has HK$160,000 of capital available to invest in some of the following three projects A, B, and C, which have cash flows over the four years as follows:
Year A B C
0 (60,000) (70,000) (90,000)
1 30,000 35,000 30,000
2 12,000 25,000 30,000
3 20,000 30,000 30,000
4 28,000 40,000 70,000
(a) Advise how the capital be best invested in the projects.
(b) Calculate the combined NPV of the selected projects.