Question

Quantitative Problem: Bellinger Industries is considering two projects for inclusion in its capital budget, and you have been asked to do the analysis. Both projects' after-tax cash flows are shown on the time line below. Depreciation, salvage values, net operating working capital requirements, and tax effects are all included in these cash flows. Both projects have 4-year lives, and they have risk characteristics similar to the firm's average project. Bellinger's WACC is 12%.

	0		1		2		3		4
Project A	-1,000		650		355		270		320
Project B	-1,000		250		290		420		770

What is Project A's payback? Round your answer to four decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations.

years

What is Project A's discounted payback? Round your answer to four decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations.

years

What is Project B's payback? Round your answer to four decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations.

years

What is Project B's discounted payback? Round your answer to four decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations.

years

Answer 1