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Payback period

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 6 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • December 1, 2018 at 8:22 pm #486719
    ewcia
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    Hi, Can you please explain to me why the answer in this question is 3years and 10 months not a 3 years and 9 months (from my calculations is 3+0.8620)? Not sure what I’m doing wrong

    A company is considering whether to invest in a project involving an initial capital outlay of £220,000. The cost of capital is 9%, and the project cash flows would be as follows.

    Year Cash flow Discount factor
    at 9%
    £
    0 (220,000) 1.000
    1 50,000 0.917
    2 90,000 0.842
    3 80,000 0.772
    4 60,000 0.708
    5 40,000 0.650

    What, to the nearest month and assuming constant monthly cash flows each year, is the discounted payback period?

    3 years 10 months
    3 years 0 months
    3 years 9 months
    3 years 2 months

    0 out of 2

    The correct answer is: 3 years 10 months.

    December 2, 2018 at 9:08 am #486743
    John Moffat
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    There are 12 months in a year.

    0.8620 x 12 = 10.3 months, which is 10 to the nearest month, not 9 !

    December 2, 2018 at 10:40 am #486765
    ewcia
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    Thank you

    December 2, 2018 at 5:28 pm #486809
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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