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Compute the discounted payback statistic for Project C if the appropriate cost of capital is 8 percent and the maximum allowable discounted payback period is three years.
| Time: | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Cash flow: | –$1,000 | $480 | $480 | $520 | $300 |
$100 |
Calculate discounted payback period in years
| Discounted PBP = 2.35 Years | ||||
| Time | Amount | PVf at 8% | PV | Cumulative |
| - | (1,000.00) | 1.0000 | (1,000.00) | (1,000.00) |
| 1.00 | 480.00 | 0.9259 | 444.44 | (555.56) |
| 2.00 | 480.00 | 0.8573 | 411.52 | (144.03) |
| 3.00 | 520.00 | 0.7938 | 412.79 | 268.76 |
| 4.00 | 300.00 | 0.7350 | 220.51 | 489.27 |
| 5.00 | 100.00 | 0.6806 | 68.06 | 557.33 |
| PBP = 2 + 144.03/412.79 | ||||
| PBP = 2 + .35 | ||||
| PBP = 2.35 Years |