Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Cardinal Company is considering a five-year project that would require a $2,975,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. The company's discount rate is 14%. The project would provide net operating income in each of five years as follows: Sales Variable expenses $ 2,735,000 1,000,000 1,735,000 Contribution margin Fixed expenses: Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out- of-pocket costs $ 735,000 Depreciation 595,000 Total fixed expenses 1,330,000 $ 405,000 Net operating income Click here to view Exhibit 148-1 and Exhibit 148-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table. 14. Assume a postaudit showed that all estimates (including total sales) were exactly correct except for the variable expense ratio, which actually turned out to be 45%. What was the project's actual payback period? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Payback period years