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The CEO of Garneau Cinemas is considering making a movie and must decide between a comedy and a thriller

it doesn't have the production space to make both. The comedy is expected to cost $

20 million up front (at t = 0). After that, it is expected to make $

12 million in the first year (at t = 1) and $

3 million in each of the following two years (at t = 2 and t = 3). In the fourth year (at t = 5), it is expected that the movie can be sold into syndication for $

2 million with no further cash flows back to Garneau Cinemas. The thriller is expected to cost $

40 million up front (at t = 0). After that, it is expected to make $

20 million in the first year (at t = 1) and $

3 million in each of the following four years (at t = 2, 3, 4, and 5). In the sixth year (at t = 6), it is expected that the movie can be sold into syndication for $

30 million with no further cash flows back to Garneau Cinemas. The cost of capital is

11%, and Garneau usually requires projects to have a payback within four years. Determine each project's payback and NPV, and advise the CEO what she should do.

Q1. The payback for the comedy is

_________ years, and the NPV of the comedy is $ __________ The payback for the thriller is __________ years, and the NPV of the thriller is $ __________

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(Round to two decimal places as needed.)

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