Metro Car Washes, Incorporated, is reviewing an investment proposal. The initial cost as well as the estimate of the book value of the investment at the end of each year, the net after$-$tax cash flows for each year, and the net income for each year are presented in the following schedule. The salvage value of the investment at the end of each year is equal to its book value. There would be no salvage value at the end of the investment's life.

$\backslash$table$[[\backslash$table$[[$Annual Net$]],],[$Year$,\backslash$table$[[$Initial Cost and$],[$Book Value$]],\backslash$table$[[$After$-$Tax Cash$],[$Flows$]],\backslash$table$[[$Annual Net$],[$Income$]],],[0,$$$135,000,,,],[1,90,000,$$$64,000,$$$19,000,],[2,54,00,57,000,21,000,],[3,27,000,50,000,23,000,],[4,9,000,43,000,25,000,],[5,0,36,000,27,000,]]$

Management uses a $12$ percent after$-$tax target rate of return for new investment proposals.

Use Appendix A for your reference.

Note: Use appropriate factor$($s$)$ from the tables provided.

Required:

Compute the project's payback period. Assume that the cash flows in years $1$ through $5$ occur uniformly throughout each year. Note: Round your answer to $2$ decimal places.

Calculate the accounting rate of return on the investment proposal. Base your calculation on the initial cost of the investment. Note: Round your "Percentage" answer to $2$ decimal places $($i$.$e$.,0\mathrm{.}1234$ should be entered as $12\mathrm{.}34).$

Compute the proposal's net present value.

Note: Round intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar.

$\backslash$table$[[1.$ Payback period,,years$],[2.$ Accounting rate of return,,$\%$