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Buy Coastal, Inc., imposes a payback cutoff of 3 years for its international investment projects. Suppose the company has the following two projects available. Project A has payback period of years, while project B has a payback period of years. Therefore, it should project A and project B. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places. (e.g., 32.162))
Year Cash Flow (A) Cash Flow (B)
0 −$43,000 −$59,000
1 21,000 10,000
2 31,000 16,000
3 10,000 26,000
4 2,000 268,000 References
Project A | ||
Year | Cash flow stream | Cumulative cash flow |
0 | -43000 | -43000 |
1 | 21000 | -22000 |
2 | 31000 | 9000 |
3 | 10000 | 19000 |
4 | 2000 | 21000 |
Payback period is the time by which undiscounted cashflow cover the intial investment outlay | ||
this is happening between year 1 and 2 | ||
therefore by interpolation payback period = 1 + (0-(-22000))/(9000-(-22000)) | ||
1.71 Years | ||
Accept project as payback period is less than 3 years | ||
Project B | ||
Year | Cash flow stream | Cumulative cash flow |
0 | -59000 | -59000 |
1 | 10000 | -49000 |
2 | 16000 | -33000 |
3 | 26000 | -7000 |
4 | 268000 | 261000 |
Payback period is the time by which undiscounted cashflow cover the intial investment outlay | ||
this is happening between year 3 and 4 | ||
therefore by interpolation payback period = 3 + (0-(-7000))/(261000-(-7000)) | ||
3.03 Years | ||
Reject project as payback period is more than 3 years |