1. The cash flows associated with an investment project are as follows:
Initial Outflow
-$70,000
Year 1
$20,000
Year 2
$30,000
Year 3
$30,000
Year 4
$30,000
a) What’s the payback period of the project? If a firm’s cutoff payback period is 3 years, should it accept the project?
b) If a firm uses discounted payback with a 15% discount rate and a 3-year cutoff period, what’s the discount payback period of the project? Should the firm accept the project?
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