A company is planning to purchase a machine that will cost $155,000, have a seven-year life, and...

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A company is planning to purchase a machine that will cost $155,000, have a seven-year life, and be depreciated using the straight-line method with no salvage value. The company expects to sell the machine's output of 4,000 units evenly throughout each year. A projected income statement for each year of the asset's life appears below:

Sales $212,000
Costs:
Manufacturing$98,000
Depreciation on machine$25,000
Selling and administrative expenses$70,000$(193,000)
Income before taxes $19,000
Income tax (50%) $(9,500)
Net income $9,500

What is the payback period for this machine?

a. 1.000 year

b. 8.160 years

c. 16.320 years

d. 4.493 years

e. 10.000 years

Payback Period:

The payback period can be defined as a capital budgeting technique that finds out the total time required by a company to generate enough cash inflow that is equal to the initial cash outflow.

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The correct option is 4.493 years (d).

The payback period for this machine is calculated as follows.

Income before taxes = Sales revenue -...

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