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An investment project provides cash inflows of $645 per year for eight years.
a.)What is the project payback period if the initial cost is $1,800?
b.) What is the project payback period if the initial cost is $3,500?
c.) What is the project payback period if the initial cost is $5,300?
Payback period - Payback period of an investment is the time required for cumulative net cash inflows from an investment equal to cash out flows'
Accordingly , We can calculate the pay back period using the below table.
a) Intial investment is 1800
Formula = Total Initial Investment / Cash in flows per year
= 1800/645
= 2.790698
b) Initial Investment is 3500
Formula = Total Initial Investment / Cash in flows per year
= 3500/645
= 5.426357
C)
Initial Investment is 5300
Formula = Total Initial Investment / Cash in flows per year
5300/645 = 8.217054
It is to be noted that here we are unable to recover our investment with the cash flows given .
As the pay back period is more than 8 years