alpha Company is planning to purchase a new machine for $30,000. The payback period is expected to be five years. The new machine is expected to produce cash flow from operations, net of income taxes, of $7,000 a year in each or the next three years, and $5,500 in the fourth year. What is the amount of cash flow from operations, net of taxes, that the new machine is expected to produce in the last (fifth) year of the payback period?