A Company Is Considering a Proposal to Invest $73,000 in a Project

question 10

Essay

A company is considering a proposal to invest $73,000 in a project that would provide the following net cash flows:
$$\begin{array} { l r } \text { Year 1 } & \$ 5,000 \\\text { Year 2 } & 12,000 \\\text { Year 3 } & 25,000 \\\text { Year 4 } & 29,000 \\\text { Year 5 } & 8,000\end{array}$$ Compute the project's payback period.

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An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market.

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