Ch 11- Assignment - The Basics of Capital Budgeting Green Caterpillar Garden Supplies Inc. is a small firm, and several of its managers are worried about how soon the firm will be able to recover its initial investment from Project Alpha's expected future cash flows. To answer this question, Green Caterpillar's CFO has asked that you compute the project's payback period using the following expected net cash flows and assuming that the cash flows are received evenly throughout each year. Complete the following table and compute the project's conventional payback period. For full credit, complete the entire table. (Note: Round the conventional payback period to two decimal places. If your answer is negative, be sure to use a minus sign in your answer.) Expected cash flow Cumulative cash flow $ Conventional payback period: Year 0 -$4,500,000 Year 1 Year 2 $1,800,000 $3,825,000 Year 3 $1,575,000 $ $ $ years The conventional payback period ignores the time value of money, and this concerns Green Caterpillar's CFO. He has now asked you to compute Alpha's discounted payback period, assuming the company has a 9% cost of capital. Complete the following table and perform any necessary calculations. Round the discounted cash flow values to the nearest whole dollar, and the discounted payback period to two decimal places. For full credit,omplete the entire table. (Note: If your answer is negative, be sure to use a minus sign in your answer.) Cash flow Year 0 -$4,500,000 Year 1 $1,800,000 Year 2 $3,825,000 Year 3 $1,575,000 Discounted cash flow $ Cumulative discounted cash flow $ $ $ $ $ $ $ Discounted payback period: years Which version of a project's payback period should the CEO use when evaluating Project Alpha given its theoretical superiority?