Kara, Incorporated, imposes a payback cutoff of three years for

its international investment projects. Assume the company has

the following two projects available.

a$.$ What is the payback period for each project?

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round

your answers to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.,32\mathrm{.}16.$

b$.$ Which, if either, of the projects should the company accept?