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Birdman,Inc.is currently considering an eight-year project that has an initial outlay or cost of $80,000.The future cash inflows from its project for years 1 through 8 are the same at $30,000.Birdman has a discount rate of 13%.Because of concerns about funds being short to finance all good projects,Birdman wants to compute the profitability index (PI) for each project.What is the PI for Birdman's current project?


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Predetermined Overhead Rate

A rate used to allocate manufacturing overhead to individual products or job orders, based on estimated costs.

Machine-Hours

An indicator of the duration a machine is in use over a specific timeframe.

Selling Price

The amount of money for which a product or service is sold to the customer.

Plantwide Predetermined Rate

A single overhead absorption rate calculated for an entire factory, used to allocate overhead costs to products.

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