Joetz Corporation has gathered the following data on a proposed investment project (Ignore income taxes.):
Investment required in equipment $ 32,500
Annual cash inflows $ 7,000
Salvage value of equipment $ 0
Life of the investment 15 years
Required rate of return 10 %
The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur uniformly throughout a year except for the initial investment.
The internal rate of return of the investment is closest to:____________