Vandezande Inc. is considering the acquisition of a new machine that costs $467,000 and has a useful life of 5 years with no salvage value. The incremental net operating income and incremental net cash flows that would be produced by the machine are (Ignore income taxes.):     Incremental Net Operating Income Incremental Net Cash Flows Year 1 $ 75,000   $ 152,000   Year 2 $ 81,000   $ 160,000   Year 3 $ 92,000   $ 175,000   Year 4 $ 55,000   $ 157,000   Year 5 $ 97,000   $ 159,000       Assume cash flows occur uniformly throughout a year except for the initial investment.   The payback period of this investment is closest to: (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)

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Vandezande Inc. is considering the acquisition of a new machine that costs $467,000 and has a useful life of 5 years with no salvage value. The incremental net operating income and incremental net cash flows that would be produced by the machine are (Ignore income taxes.):

 

  Incremental Net Operating Income Incremental Net Cash Flows
Year 1 $ 75,000   $ 152,000  
Year 2 $ 81,000   $ 160,000  
Year 3 $ 92,000   $ 175,000  
Year 4 $ 55,000   $ 157,000  
Year 5 $ 97,000   $ 159,000  
 

 

Assume cash flows occur uniformly throughout a year except for the initial investment.

 

The payback period of this investment is closest to: (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)

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Payback is a capital budgeting tool which is used to find the time required to recover the invested cost in an project.

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