(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) The Crawford Company is pondering an inve

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(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) The Crawford Company is pondering an investment in a machine that costs $350,000, that will have a useful life of eight years, and that will have a salvage value of $25,000. If this machine is purchased, a similar, old machine will be sold at a salvage value of $40,000. The anticipated yearly revenues and expenses associated with the new machine are:



All of the revenues and expenses except depreciation are for cash. The company's required rate of return is 12%. The annual cash flows occur uniformly throughout the year.

The payback period, to the nearest tenth of a year, of this investment is:

Explanation / Answer

The payback period, to the nearest tenth of a year, of this investment is: = $180,000 - $60,000 + $40,625 = $160,625 Hence, The payback period, to the nearest tenth of a year, of this investment is: = 1/5th of a year

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