Mathematically, how can we determine the rate of return for a project's cash flow?

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Chapter11: Cash Flow Estimation And Risk Analysis
Section11.1: Identifying Relevant Cash Flows
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Mathematically, how can we determine the rate of return for a project's cash flow?

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It is the capital budgeting technique of discounted cash flow which gives a rate of return being earned by a project. It is a rate in which the initial investment and the discounted cash inflows equal to 0.

To compute IRR, generally, it relies on the method of trial and error method as no analytical method can be used.

The rate is considered as an ideal rate at which both the investment cost is equal to the PV of future cash flow.

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