7.Payback: Quebec, Inc., is purchasing machinery at a cost of $3,768,966. The company's management expects the machinery to produce cash flows of $979,225, $1,158,886, and $1,881,497 over the next three years, respectively. What is the payback period?

8.Payback: Northern Specialties just purchased inventory-management computer software at a cost of $1,645,276. Cost savings from the investment over the next six years will produce the following cash flow stream: $212,455, $292,333, $387,479, $516,345, $645,766, and $618,325. What is the payback period on this investment?

9.Payback: Nakamichi Bancorp has made an investment in banking software at a cost of $1,875,000. Management expects productivity gains and cost savings over the next several years. If, as a result of this investment, the firm is expected to generate additional cash flows of $586,212, $713,277, $431,199, and $318,697 over the next four years, what is the investment's payback period?

10. Average accounting rate of return (ARR): Capitol Corp. management is expecting a project to generate after-tax income of $63,435 in each of the next three years. The average book value of the project's equipment over that period will be $212,500. If the firm's investment decision on any project is based on an ARR of 37.5 percent, should this project be accepted?

11.Internal rate of return: Refer to Problem 4. What is the IRR that Franklin Mints management can expect on this project?

12.Internal rate of return: Hathaway, Inc., a resort management company, is refurbishing one of its hotels at a cost of $7.8 million. Management expects that this will lead to additional cash flows of $1.8 million for the next six years. What is the IRR of this project? If the appropriate cost of capital is 12 percent, should Hathway go ahead with this project?

13.Profitability index: What is the profitability index, and why is it helpful in the capital rationing process?