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3.A project costs $475 and has cash flows of $100 for the first three years and $75 in each of the project's last five years. If the discount rate is 10%, what is the discounted payback period?
A) The project never pays back on a discounted basis
B) 5 years
C) 6 years
D) 7 years
E) 8 years
Total project life is given as 8 years. With the given discount rate of 10%, the project never pays back on a discounted basis. Cumulative present worth of cash flows, after the project period, is negative at ($12.71). This is because IRR of the project is 9.21% which is less than the discount rate of 10% specified.
The answer is option A.
Details of calculation as follows: