Cardinal Company is considering a five-year project that would require a $2,765,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. The companys discount rate is 14%. The project would provide net operating income in each of five years as follows:

Sales			$	2,851,000
Variable expenses				1,150,000
Contribution margin				1,701,000
Fixed expenses:
Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs	$	670,000
Depreciation		553,000
Total fixed expenses				1,223,000
Net operating income			$	478,000

Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table.

7. What is the projects payback period? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

8. What is the projects simple rate of return for each of the five years? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

9. If the companys discount rate was 16% instead of 14%, would you expect the project's net present value to be higher, lower, or the same?

10. If the equipment had a salvage value of $300,000 at the end of five years, would you expect the projects payback period to be higher, lower, or the same?

11. f the equipment had a salvage value of $300,000 at the end of five years, would you expect the project's net present value to be higher, lower, or the same?

12. If the equipment had a salvage value of $300,000 at the end of five years, would you expect the projects simple rate of return to be higher, lower, or the same?