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An investment project costs $22,463 and has annual cash flows of $12,376 for six years. What is the discounted payback period if the discount rate is 19 percent?
| Year | Discount factor | Cash Flow | Present value of cash flow | Cumulative present value of cash flow | |
| a | b=1.19^-a | c | d=c*b | e | |
| 0 | 1.0000 | $ -22,463 | $ -22,463 | $ -22,463 | |
| 1 | 0.8403 | $ 12,376 | $ 10,400 | $ -12,063 | |
| 2 | 0.7062 | $ 12,376 | $ 8,739 | $ -3,324 | |
| 3 | 0.5934 | $ 12,376 | $ 7,344 | $ 4,021 | |
| 4 | 0.4987 | $ 12,376 | $ 6,172 | $ 10,192 | |
| 5 | 0.4190 | $ 12,376 | $ 5,186 | $ 15,378 | |
| 6 | 0.3521 | $ 12,376 | $ 4,358 | $ 19,736 | |
| Discounted payback period | = | 2+(3324/7344) | |||
| = | 2.45 Years | ||||