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You are considering an investment with the following cash flows.
Your required return is 8%, you require a payback of 3 years and a
discounted payback of 4 years. If your objective is to maximize
your wealth, should you take this investment?
Year 0 1 2 3 4 5
Cash Flow –$50,000 $20,000 $20,000 $20,000 $20,000 –$50,000
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Yes, because the payback is 2.5 years. |
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Yes, because the discounted payback is less than 4 years. |
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Yes, because both the payback and the discounted payback are less than 2 years. |
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No, because the NPV is negative. |
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No, because the project cash flows are not conventional. |
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No, because the NPV is negative refer table below |
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| Discount rate | 8.0000% | ||
| Cash flows | Year | Discounted CF= cash flows/(1+rate)^year | Cumulative cash flow |
| (50,000.000) | 0 | (50,000.00) | (50,000.00) |
| 20,000.000 | 1 | 18,518.52 | (31,481.48) |
| 20,000.000 | 2 | 17,146.78 | (14,334.705) |
| 20,000.000 | 3 | 15,876.64 | 1,541.940 |
| 20,000.000 | 4 | 14,700.60 | 16,242.54 |
| (50,000.000) | 5 | (34,029.16) | (17,786.62) |