Cardinal Company is considering a project that would require a $2,765,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years. At the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would be sold for its salvage value of $200,000. The companys discount rate is 12%. The project would provide net operating income each year as follows:

Sales					$	2,861,000
Variable expenses						1,101,000
Contribution margin						1,760,000
Fixed expenses:
Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs	$	705,000
Depreciation		513,000
Total fixed expenses						1,218,000
Net operating income					$	542,000

Required: If the equipments salvage value was $400,000 instead of $200,000, what would be the projects simple rate of return? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)