You are evaluating a project that will cost $ 456 comma 000, but is expected to produce cash flows of $ 124 comma 000 per year for 10 years, with the first cash flow in one year. Your cost of capital is 11.2 % and your company's preferred payback period is three years or less. a. What is the payback period of this project?
Payback period = The year in which the cumulative cash flow was last negative + (the positive value of the cumulative cash flow in that year) / (cash flow in the next year)
Payback period = 3 + 84,000/124,000
Payback period = 3.6774193548 Years
The company should not accept this project because the payback period (3.68 years) is greater than the preferred payback period (3 years).
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