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The director of capital budgeting for Big Sky Health System, Inc. has estimated the following cash flows for a new service and has a cost of capital of 8%. What is the project’s payback period?
year annual cash flows project cost of capital
0 $ (125,000) 8%
1 $ 75,000
2 $ 55,000
3 $ 25,000
Choice: 4 years Choice: Not enough information to tell. Choice: 1.91 years Choice: 2.4 years
Year | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Cashflow(in $) | (125,000) | 75,000 | 55,000 | 25,000 |
Cumulative Cashflow(in $) | (125,000) | (50,000) | 5,000 | 30,000 |
Payback Period = A + (B/C)
where
A - last time period where the cumulative cash flow was negative = 1
B - absolute value of the CCF at the end of that period A = 50000
C - value of the CCF in the next period after A = 55000
Payback Period = 1+(50000/55000)
= 1.91 years