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The Zone Company is evaluating a capital expenditure proposal that requires an initial investment of $3,650,000. The machine will improve productivity and thereby increases net after-tax cash inflows by $825,000 per year for 7 years. It will have no salvage value. The company requires a minimum rate of return of 10 percent on this type of capital investment. Required:
(A) Determine the net present value (NPV) of the investment proposal.
(B) Determine the proposal's internal rate of return, rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.
(C) What is the estimated payback period for the proposed investment, under the assumption that cash inflows occur evenly throughout the year? Round your answer to 2 decimal places.
(D) What is the present value payback period for the proposed investment? Round your answer to 2 decimal places.
(E) What is the estimated accounting rate of return (on initial investment) for the proposed project? Round your answer to 1 decimal place.