Consider the following two mutually exclusive projects:
Year Cash Flow (A) Cash Flow (B)
0 –$ 431,000 –$ 43,000
1 41,000 21,000
2 65,000 12,700
3 82,000 21,600
4 546,000 18,400
The required return on these investments is 12 percent.
a. What is the payback period for each project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Payback period
Project A years Project B years