the net present value (npv) and internal rate of return (irr) methods of investment analysis are interrelated and are sometimes used together to make capital budgeting decisions. consider the case of blue hamster manufacturing inc.: last tuesday, blue hamster manufacturing inc. lost a portion of its planning and financial data when both its main and its backup servers crashed. the company’s cfo remembers that the internal rate of return (irr) of project zeta is 13.8%, but he can’t recall how much blue hamster originally invested in the project nor the project’s net present value (npv). however, he found a note that detailed the annual net cash flows expected to be generated by project zeta. they are: year cash flow year 1 $1,800,000 year 2 $3,375,000 year 3 $3,375,000 year 4 $3,375,000