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Find the Discounted Payback period for the following project. The discount rate is 9% Project X Initial Outlay $8,236 Year 1

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Project Discount rate= 0.09
Year Cash flow stream Cumulative cash flow Discounting factor Discounted CF Cumulative cash flow Cumulative discounted CF
0 -8236 -8236 1 -8236 -8236 -8236
1 3283 -4953 1.09 3011.927 -4953 -5224.07
2 3625 -1328 1.1881 3051.09 -1328 -2172.98
3 5116 3788 1.295029 3950.491 3788 1777.507
4 7409 11197 1.411582 5248.722 11197 7026.23
Discounted payback period is the time by which discounted cashflow cover the intial investment outlay
this is happening between year 2 and 3
therefore by interpolation payback period = 2 + (0-(-2172.98))/(1777.51-(-2172.98))
2.55 Years
Where
Discounting factor =(1 + discount rate)^(corresponding year)
Discounted Cashflow=Cash flow stream/discounting factor
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