Bunnings Ltd is considering to investin one of the two following projects to buy a new equipment. Each equipment will last 5 years and have no salvage value at the end. The company’s required rate of return for all investment projects is 8%. The cash flows of the projects are provided below.                   Equipment 1               Equipment 2 Cost           $186,000                      $195,000 Future Cash Flows Year 1          86 000                        97 000 Year 2         93 000                         84 000 Year 3         83 000                        86 000 Year 4         75 000                        75 000 Year 5         55 000                         63 000 identify which option of equipment should the company accept based on discounted pay back method if the payback criterionis maximum 2 years?

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Bunnings Ltd is considering to investin one of the two following projects to buy a new equipment. Each equipment will last 5 years and have no salvage value at the end. The company’s required rate of return for all investment projects is 8%. The cash flows of the projects are provided below.

                  Equipment 1               Equipment 2

Cost           $186,000                      $195,000

Future Cash Flows

Year 1          86 000                        97 000

Year 2         93 000                         84 000

Year 3         83 000                        86 000

Year 4         75 000                        75 000

Year 5         55 000                         63 000

identify which option of equipment should the company accept based on discounted pay back method if the payback criterionis maximum 2 years?

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Discounted Payback Period is one of the capital budgeting techniques. This technique of capital budgeting considers the time value of money. Under this method, all the cash flows of the project are discounted to find their present values and then the present value of cash inflows is compared with the present value of cash outflows, in order to find the time period which is required to cover up the initial cost of the project. It is given by the formula,

Discounted Payback Period=A+BCWhere,A=Last Period with a negative discounted cumulative cash flowB=Absolute Value of Discounted cumulative cash flow at the end of the Period AC=Discounted cash flow during the period after A. 

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