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Steve, a fresh graduate from an agric college  plans to invest in one of two animal farming business with a Ghc 1 million  loan sourced from Ecobank. Investing in Pig farming will cost 105,000 while the poultry business will cost Ghc100,000. The pig farming business has a lifespan of 5 years while the poultry farm will last for 6 years. The poultry cage would be sold for a scrap which will fetch Steve Ghc 40000.  The year end cash flows from the two farms are shown in the table below.Period123456Pig farming2500045000400002000019000Poultry farming300005000050000500002700032,000Assume interest rate to be 5 percent and 10 percent  for NPV1 and NPV2 respectivelyThe internal rate of return for the poultry farming business is  Blank 1. Fill in the blank, read surrounding text. percent

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Steve, a fresh graduate from an agric college  plans to invest in one of two animal farming business with a Ghc 1 million  loan sourced from Ecobank. Investing in Pig farming will cost 105,000 while the poultry business will cost Ghc100,000. The pig farming business has a lifespan of 5 years while the poultry farm will last for 6 years. The poultry cage would be sold for a scrap which will fetch Steve Ghc 40000.  The year end cash flows from the two farms are shown in the table below.Period123456Pig farming2500045000400002000019000Poultry farming300005000050000500002700032,000Assume interest rate to be 5 percent and 10 percent  for NPV1 and NPV2 respectivelyThe internal rate of return for the poultry farming business is  Blank 1. Fill in the blank, read surrounding text. percent

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To find the internal rate of return (IRR) for the poultry farming business, we need to set the Net Present Value (NPV) of the cash flows equal to the initial investment and solve for the discount rate.

The cash flows from the poultry farming business are as follows:

Year 1: Ghc 30,000 Year 2: Ghc 50,000 Year 3: Ghc 50,000 Year 4: Ghc 50,000 Year 5: Ghc 27,000 Year 6: Ghc 32,000 + Ghc 40,000 (scrap value)

The initial investment is Ghc 100,000.

The equation for NPV is:

0 = -100,000 + 30,000/(1+r) + 50,000/(1+r)^2 + 50,000/(1+r)^3 + 50,000/(1+r)^4 + 27,000/(1+r)^5 + 72,000/(1+r)^6

This equation cannot be solved analytically and must be solved either graphically or using a numerical method such as the Newton-Raphson method or a financial calculator.

Unfortunately, without a calculator or software, we cannot provide the exact IRR. However, it is the rate 'r' that makes the NPV equal to zero.

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