In: Finance
Project Y
Time Cash Flow
0 -5,000
1 500
2 2000
3 3000
4 1500
5 500
Compute the discounted payback statistic for Project Y and
recommend whether the firm should accept or reject the project with
the cash flows shown in the table if the appropriate cost of
capital is 12 percent and the
maximum allowable discounted payback is 3.5 years.
A. 3.00 years, accept
B. 3.45 years, accept
C. 3.86 years, accept
D. 3.45 years, reject
E. 3.86 years, reject
Discounted PBP | ||||
Time | Amount | PVf at 12% | PV | Cumulative |
- | (5,000.00) | 1.0000 | (5,000.00) | (5,000.00) |
1.00 | 500.00 | 0.8929 | 446.43 | (4,553.57) |
2.00 | 2,000.00 | 0.7972 | 1,594.39 | (2,959.18) |
3.00 | 3,000.00 | 0.7118 | 2,135.34 | (823.84) |
4.00 | 1,500.00 | 0.6355 | 953.28 | 129.43 |
5.00 | 500.00 | 0.5674 | 283.71 | 413.15 |
Discounted PBP = 3 + 823.84/953.28 | ||||
Discounted PBP = 3 + .86 Years | ||||
Discounted PBP = 3.86 Years | ||||
E. 3.86 years, reject since it is more than maximum allowable discounted payback is 3.5 years. |