=+The management judge that the cash inflows shown above are also an accurate esti-

mation of the profit before depreciation for each of the years. They also believe that the appropriate discount rate to use for the firm's projects is 10 per cent per annum.

The board of directors are used to evaluating project proposals on the basis of a payback rule which requires that all investments achieve payback in four years.

As the newly appointed executive responsible for project appraisal you have been asked to assess this project using a number of different methods and to advise the board on the advantages and disadvantages of each. Do this in the following sequence.