You are a real estate agent thinking of placing a sign advertising your services at a local bus stop. The sign will cost $ 5 300 and will be posted for one year. You expect that it will generate additional revenue of $ 742 a month. What is the payback period?
The payback period is ____months. (Round to one decimal place.)
Year | Cash flow stream | Cumulative cash flow |
0 | -5300 | -5300 |
1 | 742 | -4558 |
2 | 742 | -3816 |
3 | 742 | -3074 |
4 | 742 | -2332 |
5 | 742 | -1590 |
6 | 742 | -848 |
7 | 742 | -106 |
8 | 742 | 636 |
9 | 742 | 1378 |
10 | 742 | 2120 |
Payback period is the time by which undiscounted cashflow cover the intial investment outlay | |||||
this is happening between month 7 and 8 | |||||
therefore by interpolation payback period = 7 + (0-(-106))/(636-(-106)) | |||||
7.1 months |
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