Assume the following information for a capital budgeting proposal with a five-year time horizon: Initial investment: Cost of equipment (zero salvage value) $ 570,000 Annual revenues and costs: Sales revenues $ 300,000 Variable expenses $ 130,000 Depreciation expense $ 50,000 Fixed out-of-pocket costs $ 40,000 This proposals simple rate of return is closest to:

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