A broker has an exclusive right-to-sell listing on a building. An offer to purchase the building is received while the owner is out of town. The offer requires a commitment from the seller before the seller is scheduled to return to the city. Under these circumstances, the

Consider the following two projects. both have costs of $5,000 in year 1. project 1 provides benefits of $2,000 in each of the first four years only. the second provides benefits of $2,000 for each of years 6 to 10 only. compute the net benefits using a discount rate of 6 percent. repeat using a discount rate of 12 percent. what can you conclude from this exercise?