Answer: b) Select the preferred investment.
Explanation:
The seven-step systematic economic analysis technique (SEAT) are:
β’ Identifying investment alternatives
β’ Defining planning horizon
β’ Specifying discount rates
β’ Estimating cash flows
β’ Comparing alternatives
β’ Performing supplementary analysis
β’ Selecting preferred investment.
It should be noted that selecting preferred investment is the final stage and at this stage, many factors have to be considered before a final decision is made. To maximize the the present worth, multiple criteria are taken into consideration rather than a single criteria.
Therefore, select the preferred investment is the correct answer.