Compute the payback period for this investment. (Cumulative net cash outflows must be entered with a minus sign. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
A machine can be purchased for $210,000 and used for 5 years, yielding the following net incomes. In projecting net incomes, double-declining balance depreciation is applied, using a 5-year life and a zero salvage value. |
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Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
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Net incomes |
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$ |
13,000 |
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$ |
28,000 |
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$ |
53,000 |
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$ |
40,500 |
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$ |
103,000 |
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Compute the machine’s payback period (ignore taxes). (Round your intermediate calculations to 3 decimal places and payback period answer to 3 decimal places.)
Exercise 25-3 Payback period computation; even cash flows LO P1
Exercise 25-4 Accounting rate of return LO P2
Exercise 25-17 Sales mix determination and analysis LO A1
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