Question

TED What information does the payback period provide? talog Suppose Extensive Enterprises's CFO is evaluating a project with the following cash inflows. She does not know the project's initial cost; however, she does know that the project's regular payback period is 2.5 years fers ccess Year Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Cash Flow $325,000 $475,000 $475,000 $450,000 If the project's weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is 8%, what is its NPV? $302,797 $435,270 $359,571 $378,496 MR BANK Which of the following statements indicate a disadvantage of using the discounted payback period for capital budgeting decisions? Check all that apply. X The discounted payback period does not take the project's entire life into account. The discounted payback period is calculated using net income instead of cash flows. The discounted payback period does not take the time value of money into account.

Answer 1

Ans $ 378,496

Year	Project Cash Flows (i)	DF@ 8%	DF@ 8% (ii)	PV of Project A ( (i) * (ii) )
0	-1037500	1	1	(10,37,500.00)
1	325000	1/((1+8%)^1)	0.926	3,00,925.93
2	475000	1/((1+8%)^2)	0.857	4,07,235.94
3	475000	1/((1+8%)^3)	0.794	3,77,070.31
4	450000	1/((1+8%)^4)	0.735	3,30,763.43
		NPV		3,78,496