Question

A certain project has a project cost of $387,000 and the annual inflows resulting from the product created is $64,000. What is the Payback Period?

Answer 1

Answer:

Payback period is 6.5625 years

Explanation:

All amounts are in $

Item                outflow              inflow       balance

Year 0            387,000               0            (387,000)

Year 1                  0                  64,000      (323,000)  

Year 2                 0                  64,000      (259,000)  

Year 3                 0                  64,000      (195,000)  

Year 4                 0                  64,000      (131,000)  

Year 5                 0                  64,000      (67,000)  

Year 6                 0                  64,000      (3,000)

The remaining $3000 will flow in

= (3000/64000) × 12

= 0.5625

Payback period is 6.5625 years