Dragonfly,Inc Calculate the Payback Period for Investment A

question 144

Multiple Choice

Dragonfly,Inc.is evaluating two possible investments in depreciable plant assets.The company uses the straight-line method of depreciation.The following information is available: $$\begin{array} { | l | r | r | } \hline & \text { Investment A } & \text { Investment B } \\\hline \text { Initial capital investment } & \$ 101,000 & \$ 151,000 \\\hline \text { Estimated useful life } & 10 \text { years } & 10 \text { years } \\\hline \text { Estimated residual value } & 0 & \$ 20,000 \\\hline \text { Estimated annual net cash inflow for 10 years } & \$ 28,000 & \$ 47,000 \\\hline \text { Required rate of return } & 12 \% & 12 \% \\\hline\end{array}$$ Calculate the payback period for Investment A.(Round your answer to two decimal places.)

• A) 2.22 years
• B) 2.89 years
• C) 1.00 year
• D) 3.61 years

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Definitions:

Profit-Maximizing Output

The level of production at which a firm achieves the highest possible profit.

Marginal Cost

The cost of producing one additional unit of a product or service.

Average Variable Cost

Average Variable Cost is the variable cost per unit of output, calculated by dividing total variable costs by total output, illustrating how variable costs change with output levels.

Output

The total amount of goods or services produced by a person, machine, factory, country, etc., within a particular time period.