Consider a project with an initial outlay of $12,000 and yearly cash flows as follows: -3,000; 1,500; -700; 4,000; 8,000; 5,000; 3,500; 4,000; 2,800; 3,000; and 2,000; Obtain the cost adjusted payback period assuming 8% cost of funds. (EXPLAIN HOW TO SOLVE ON CALCULATOR OR SHOW MATHEMATICAL WORKING) (NO EXCEL)
a. 6.75
b. 6.91
c. 7.22
d. 7.48
e. None of the above
Year | Cashflows | PVF at 8% | Present value | Cumulative CF | |
0 | -12000 | 1 | -12000 | -12000 | |
1 | -3000 | 0.925926 | -2777.78 | -14777.8 | |
2 | 1,500 | 0.857339 | 1286.008 | -13491.8 | |
3 | -700 | 0.793832 | -555.683 | -14047.5 | |
4 | 4000 | 0.73503 | 2940.119 | -11107.3 | |
5 | 8000 | 0.680583 | 5444.666 | -5662.67 | |
6 | 5000 | 0.63017 | 3150.848 | -2511.82 | |
7 | 3,500 | 0.58349 | 2042.216 | -469.603 | |
8 | 4000 | 0.540269 | 2161.076 | 1691.473 | |
9 | 2800 | 0.500249 | 1400.697 | 3092.17 | |
10 | 3000 | 0.463193 | 1389.58 | 4481.75 | |
11 | 2000 | 0.428883 | 857.7657 | 5339.516 | |
Payback period = 7 yrs + 469.60/2161.08 = 7.22 yrs | |||||
Answer is c. 7.22 | |||||
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