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Sentinel Company is considering an investment in technology to improve its operations. The investment will require an initial outlay of $$249,000$ and will yield the following expected cash flows. Management requires investments to have a payback period of $3$ years, and it requires a $9\%$ return on investments. $($PV of $$1,$ FV of $$1,$ PVA of $$1,$ and FVA of $$1)($Use appropriate factor$($s$)$ from the table provided.$)$

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